Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Why do the nations
rage, And the peoples
meditate
a vain thing?
Why do the heathen
rage, and the people
imagine
a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah
, and against his anointed, `
saying '
,
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the
LORD
, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bonds
asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens will
laugh: The Lord will
have them in derision.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall
laugh: the LORD shall
have them in derision.
Then will
he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure :
Then shall
he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure .
Yet I
have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Yet have I
set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will tell
of
the decree: Jehovah
said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
I will declare
the decree: the
LORD
hath
said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I will
give `
thee '
the nations
for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Ask of me, and I shall
give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Now
therefore
be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Be wise now
therefore
, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve Jehovah
with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Serve the
LORD
with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in
the way, For
his wrath will
soon
be
kindled. Blessed are all they that take
refuge
in him. Psalm
3
A
Psalm
of
David,
when
he
fled
from
Absalom
his
son.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from
the way, when
his wrath is
kindled but
a
little
. Blessed are all they that put
their
trust
in him.
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