⁸ ·If you ask me [^LAsk of me], I will give you the nations as your inheritance;
    all the ·people on [^Lends of the] earth will be ·yours [^Lyour possession].

⁹ You will rule over them with an iron ·rod [scepter; ^Ca symbol of royal authority; Rev. 12:5; 19:15].
    You will ·break [dash] them into pieces like pottery.”