² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(A) from Zion,^(B) saying,
    “Rule^(C) in the midst of your enemies!”

“Sit at my right hand^(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(C)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(D) from Zion,^(E) saying,
    “Rule^(F) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(G)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[b](H)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(I)
“You are a priest forever,^(J)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(K)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[c];^(L)
    he will crush kings^(M) on the day of his wrath.^(N)
6 He will judge the nations,^(O) heaping up the dead^(P)
    and crushing the rulers^(Q) of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way,^[d]
    and so he will lift his head high.^(R)

⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(A)
    you will dash them to pieces^(B) like pottery.^(C)”

⁶ “I have installed my king^(A)
    on Zion,^(B) my holy mountain.^(C)”

He said to me, “You are my son;^(D)
    today I have become your father.^(E)
8 Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(F) your inheritance,^(G)
    the ends of the earth^(H) your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(I)
    you will dash them to pieces^(J) like pottery.^(K)”

⁶ Your throne, O God,^[a] will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

⁸ May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River^[a](A) to the ends of the earth.^(B)
9 May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰ May the kings of Tarshish^(C) and of distant shores^(D)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba^(E) and Seba
    present him gifts.^(F)
11 May all kings bow down^(G) to him
    and all nations serve^(H) him.