Psalm 2:1-2

Contemporary English Version

The Lord's Chosen King

¹^(A) Why do the nations plot,^[a]
and why do their people
    make useless plans?^[b]
²The kings of this earth
    have all joined together
to turn against the Lord
    and his chosen king.

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Footnotes

2.1 Why … plot: Or “Why are the nations restless?”
2.1 make useless plans: Or “grumble uselessly.”

Psalm 2:7-11

Contemporary English Version

⁷^(A) I will tell the promise
    that the Lord made to me:
“You are my son, because today
    I have become your father.
⁸Ask me for the nations,
and every nation on earth
    will belong to you.
⁹^(B) You will smash them
    with an iron rod
and shatter them
    like dishes of clay.”