1. Why do the nations rageand the peoples plot in vain?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3. “Let us burst their bonds apartand cast away their cords from us.”
4. He who sits in the heavens laughs;the Lord holds them in derision.
5. Then he will speak to them in his wrath,and terrify them in his fury, saying,