The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom

¹Why do the nations rage,[#Acts 4:25, 26]

And the people plot a vain thing?

²The 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 in pieces[#Luke 19:14]

And cast away Their cords from us.”

⁴He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;[#Ps. 37:13]

The Lord shall hold them in derision.

⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,

And distress them in His deep displeasure:

⁶“Yet I have set My King

On My holy hill of Zion.”

⁷“I will declare the decree:

The Lord has said to Me,

‘You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.

⁸Ask of Me, and I will give You

The nations for Your inheritance,

And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron;[#Ps. 89:23; 110:5, 6; (Rev. 2:26, 27; 12:5; 19:15)]

You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

¹⁰Now therefore, be wise, O kings;

Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

¹¹Serve the Lord with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

¹²Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,

And you perish in the way,

When His wrath is kindled but a little.

Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.