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Psalms 2

12 aligned verses; 12 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse YLT Young's Literal Translation KJV King James Version
Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity ?
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing ?
Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah , and against His Messiah:
The kings of the earth set themselves , and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD , and against his anointed, saying,
` Let us draw off Their cords , And cast from us Their thick bands . '
Let us break their bands asunder , and cast away their cords from us.
He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh , The Lord doth mock at them.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the LORD shall have them in derision .
Then doth He speak unto them in His anger , And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath , and vex them in his sore displeasure.
`And I -- I have anointed My King , Upon Zion -- My holy hill. '
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion .
I declare concerning a statute : Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou ` art ', I to- day have brought thee forth .
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 give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.
Ask of me , and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession .
Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron , As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them. '
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel .
And now, O kings , act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth ,
Be wise now therefore , O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth .
Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Chosen One , lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little , O the happiness of all trusting in Him !
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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