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Simply make the request of me,
    and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
    and the ends of the earth as your possession.[a]
You will rule them with an iron scepter;
    you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.[b]
10 Therefore, O kings, pay heed;
    take warning, O rulers of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:8 The Messiah’s reign will be coextensive with that of God (see Isa 49:6; Dan 7:14). This verse is applied by Heb 1:5 (see Heb 5:5), then by tradition and the Liturgy, to the eternal generation of the Word.
  2. Psalm 2:9 The Book of Revelation applies this verse to Christ’s triumphant reign (see Rev 12:5; 19:15).

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