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Psalm 2

Why do the nations gather together?
    Why do their people devise useless plots?
Kings take their stands.
    Rulers make plans together
        against Yahweh and against his Mashiach[a] by saying,
            “Let’s break apart their chains
                and shake off their ropes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:2 Or “anointed one.”

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage