Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the [a]ends of the earth for thy possession.

(A)Thou shalt crush them with a scepter of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

10 [b]Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be learned ye judges of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:8 Not only the Jews, but the Gentiles also.
  2. Psalm 2:10 He exhorteth all rulers to repent in time.

Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(D)
    you will dash them to pieces(E) like pottery.(F)

10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;(G)
    be warned, you rulers(H) of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)