New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Why are the nations in turmoil?
Why do the peoples hatch their futile plots?
2 The kings of the earth stand ready,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and his anointed king.
3 ‘Let us break their fetters,’ they cry,
‘let us throw off their chains!’
4 The Lord who sits enthroned in heaven
laughs them to scorn;
5 then he rebukes them in anger,
he threatens them in his wrath.
6 Of me he says, ‘I have enthroned my king
on Zion my holy mountain.’
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7 I will repeat note the Lord's decree:
‘You are my son,’ he said;
‘this day I become your father.
8 Ask of me what you will:
I will give you nations as your inheritance,
the ends of the earth as your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron,
you shall shatter them like a clay pot.’
10 Be mindful then, you kings;
learn your lesson, rulers of the earth:
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12 worship the Lord with reverence;
tremble, and kiss the king, note
lest the Lord be angry and you are struck down in mid course;
for his anger flares up in a moment.
Happy are all who find refuge in him.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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