1 Why did the Gentiles rage, and peoples meditate vain things?
1 Why ¹have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the Princes came together in one against our Lord, and against his Christ.
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.
3 Let us break their bonds a-sunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
4 He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh at them: and our Lord shall scorn them.
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, & in his fury he shall trouble them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy hill, preaching his precept.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
7 The Lord said to me: Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee.
7 ²The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles, for thine inheritance, and thy possession the ends of the earth.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt rule them in a rod of iron, and as a potter's vessel thou shalt break them in pieces.
9 ³Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 And now ye kings understand: take instruction you that judge the earth.
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
11 Serve our Lord in fear: and rejoice to him with trembling.
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
12 Apprehend discipline lest sometime our Lord be wrath, and you perish out of the just way.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
13 when his wrath shall burn in short time, blessed are all that trust in him.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.