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    ‘I have put my king on his throne in Zion.[a]
    I have put him on my holy mountain.’

I will tell you what the Lord has promised to me, his king.
He said to me, ‘You are my son.
    Yes, today I have become your father![b]
Ask me and see what I will do!
    I will give you all the nations on the earth.
    They will all belong to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 God put David in Zion as king. Zion was part of Jerusalem. When David died, his son Solomon became king. Their descendants also ruled as kings after that. Jesus was a descendant of King David. He became the king who rules for ever.
  2. 2:7 See Acts 13:33 and Hebrews 1:5; 5:5.

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

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(D)
    today I have become your father.(E)
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(F) your inheritance,(G)
    the ends of the earth(H) your possession.

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