“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,^(B)

¹⁰ Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;^(A)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,^(B)
    for God is with us.^[a](C)

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(A)

¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(E) a bird of prey;^(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(G) that I will do.^(H)

¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(A) forever,
    the purposes^(B) of his heart through all generations.

³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

“‘Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
²⁶ The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.^[a]’^[b](B)

²⁹ Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence^(A) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook^(B) in your nose^(C)
    and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
    by the way you came.^(D)

⁴ The One enthroned^(A) in heaven laughs;^(B)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
⁵ He rebukes them in his anger^(C)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,^(D) saying,
⁶ “I have installed my king^(E)
    on Zion,^(F) my holy mountain.^(G)”