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Psalm 2

God’s Promise to His Anointed

¹ Why do the nations conspire,
   and the peoples plot in vain?
² The kings of the earth set themselves,
   and the rulers take counsel together,
   against the Lord and his anointed, saying,
³ ‘Let us burst their bonds asunder,
   and cast their cords from us.’

⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs;
   the Lord has them in derision.
⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
   and terrify them in his fury, saying,
⁶ ‘I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.’

⁷ I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, ‘You are my son;
   today I have begotten you.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
   and the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron,
   and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’

¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
   be warned, O rulers of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear,
   with trembling ¹²kiss his feet,^*
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
   for his wrath is quickly kindled.

Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 110

Assurance of Victory for God’s Priest-King

Of David. A Psalm.
¹ The Lord says to my lord,
   ‘Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.’

² The Lord sends out from Zion
   your mighty sceptre.
   Rule in the midst of your foes.
³ Your people will offer themselves willingly
   on the day you lead your forces
   on the holy mountains.^*
From the womb of the morning,
   like dew, your youth^* will come to you.
⁴ The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
   ‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.’^*

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
   he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶ He will execute judgement among the nations,
   filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
   over the wide earth.
⁷ He will drink from the stream by the path;
   therefore he will lift up his head.