³ With cunning they conspire^(A) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.^(B)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy^(C) them as a nation,^(D)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered^(E) no more.”

² The kings^(A) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,^(B) saying,