1 Why are the nations | in an uproar?
  Why do the peoples mutter | empty threats?
 2 Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes | plot together,
  against the Lord and against the | Lord’s anointed?
 3 “Let us break their | yoke,” they say;
  “let us cast off their | bonds from us.”
 4 God whose throne is in heav- | en is laughing;
  the Lord holds them | in derision. R
 5 Then in wrath God | speaks to them,
  and in rage fills | them with terror.
 6 “As for me, I have anoint- | ed my king
  upon Zion, my | holy mountain.”
 7 Let me announce the decree | of the Lord,
  who said to me, “You are my son; this day have I be- | gotten you.
 8 Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for | your inheritance
  and the ends of the earth for | your possession. R
 9 You shall crush them with an | iron rod
  and shatter them like a | piece of pottery.”
 10 And now, you | kings, be wise;
  be warned, you rulers | of the earth.
 11 Submit to the | Lord with fear,
  and with trembling | bow in worship;
 12 lest the Lord be angry, and you perish in a sudden | blaze of wrath.
  Happy are all who take ref- | uge in God!