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“On Zion,[a] my sacred hill,” he says,
    “I have installed my king.”

(A)“I will announce,” says the king, “what the Lord has declared.
    He said to me: ‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.
Ask, and I will give you all the nations;
    the whole earth will be yours.
(B)You will break them with an iron rod;
    you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.’”

10 Now listen to this warning, you kings;
    learn this lesson, you rulers of the world:
11 Serve the Lord with fear;
    tremble

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  1. Psalm 2:6 The term “Zion” (originally a designation for “David's City,” the Jebusite stronghold captured by King David's forces) was later extended in meaning to refer to the hill on which the Temple stood.

“I have installed my king(A)
    on Zion,(B) my holy mountain.(C)

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(D)
    today I have become your father.(E)
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(F) your inheritance,(G)
    the ends of the earth(H) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(I)
    you will dash them to pieces(J) like pottery.(K)

10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;(L)
    be warned, you rulers(M) of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear(N)
    and celebrate his rule(O) with trembling.(P)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)