“But as for Me, I have installed (A)My King
Upon Zion, (B)My holy mountain.”

“I will announce the [a]decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are (C)My Son,
Today I have fathered You.
Ask it of Me, and (D)I will certainly give (E)the [b]nations as Your inheritance,
And the (F)ends of the earth as Your possession.
You shall [c](G)break them with a [d]rod of iron,
You shall (H)shatter them like [e]earthenware.’”

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  1. Psalm 2:7 Or decree: The Lord said to Me
  2. Psalm 2:8 Or Gentiles
  3. Psalm 2:9 Another reading is rule
  4. Psalm 2:9 Or scepter; or staff
  5. Psalm 2:9 Lit potter’s ware

“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.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(I)
    you will dash them to pieces(J) like pottery.(K)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

May he also rule (A)from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
[a]May (B)the nomads of the desert (C)bow before him,
And his enemies (D)lick the dust.
10 [b]May the kings of (E)Tarshish and of the [c](F)islands bring gifts;
May the kings of (G)Sheba and (H)Seba (I)offer tributes.
11 [d]And may all (J)kings bow down before him,
All (K)nations serve him.

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  1. Psalm 72:9 Or The nomads...will bow
  2. Psalm 72:10 Or The kings...will bring
  3. Psalm 72:10 Or coastlands
  4. Psalm 72:11 Or All kings will bow down

May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[a](A) to the ends of the earth.(B)
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.

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

God’s Promise concerning His Servant

42 (A)Behold, My (B)Servant, whom I [a]uphold;
My (C)chosen one in whom My (D)soul delights.
I have put My (E)Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth (F)justice to the [b]nations.

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  1. Isaiah 42:1 Or hold fast
  2. Isaiah 42:1 Or Gentiles

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one(B) in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice(E) to the nations.(F)

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He will not be (A)disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice on the earth;
And the (B)coastlands will wait expectantly for His [a]law.”

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  1. Isaiah 42:4 Or instruction

    he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice(A) on earth.
    In his teaching(B) the islands(C) will put their hope.”(D)

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He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (A)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (B)light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the (C)end of the earth.”

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  1. Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
  2. Isaiah 49:6 Or to
  3. Isaiah 49:6 Lit be

he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(A)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(B)
I will also make you a light(C) for the Gentiles,(D)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(E)

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