- Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?
- The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
- "Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!"
- He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
- Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,
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- Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
- The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One.
- "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
- The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
- Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
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