⁴³ You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.^(A)
People I did not know^(B) now serve me,

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

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

² Beautiful^(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[a](B) is Mount Zion,^(C)
    the city of the Great King.^(D)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(A)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(B)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(C)
    and he rules over the nations.

⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(A)
    the desolations^(B) he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars^(C) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(D) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[a] with fire.^(E)

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.

⁶ Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
⁷ I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

²⁷ And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(A)
    the most exalted^(B) of the kings^(C) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(D)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(E)