Psalm 2:1-9

21st Century King James Version

2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people devise a vain thing?

² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,

³ “Let us break Their bonds asunder, and cast away Their cords from us.”

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision.

⁵ Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure:

⁶ “Yet have I set My King upon My holy hill of Zion.”

⁷ “I will declare the decree: The Lord hath said unto Me, ‘Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten Thee.

⁸ Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.

⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’”