6FOR [IS] KNOWING YAHWEH [THE] WAY OF RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] AND [THE] WAY OF WICKED [PEOPLE] IT WILL PERISH 6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
1<TO> WHY? DO THEY PLOT NATIONS AND PEOPLES DO THEY DEVISE? VANITY The Triumphant Messiah (Acts 4:23–31) 1Why do the nations rage*NoteCloseOr noisily assemble; see Revelation 11:18. and the peoples plot in vain?
2THEY TAKE THEIR STAND [THE] KINGS OF [THE] EARTH AND RULERS THEY SEAT THEMSELVES TOGETHER ON YAHWEH AND ON ANOINTED HIS 2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:*NoteCloseCited in Acts 4:25–26
3LET US TEAR OFF <OBJ.> FETTERS THEIR AND LET US THROW AWAY FROM US ROPES THEIR 3“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
4[THE ONE WHO] SITS IN THE HEAVENS HE LAUGHS [THE] LORD HE MOCKS <TO> THEM 4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
5THEN HE SPEAKS TO THEM IN ANGER HIS AND IN FURY HIS HE TERRIFIES THEM 5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
6AND I I HAVE INSTALLED KING MY ON ZION [THE] MOUNTAIN OF HOLINESS MY 6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
7I WILL RECOUNT CONCERNING [THE] DECREE OF YAHWEH HE SAID TO ME [ARE] SON MY YOU I THIS DAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU 7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.*NoteCloseLiterally today I have begotten You; cited in Acts 13:33, Hebrews 1:5, and Hebrews 5:5
8ASK FROM ME SO LET ME MAKE NATIONS INHERITANCE YOUR AND POSSESSION YOUR [THE] ENDS OF [THE] EARTH 8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
9YOU WILL BREAK THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON LIKE A VESSEL OF A POTTER YOU WILL SMASH THEM 9You will break them*NoteCloseLXX You will rule them or You will shepherd them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.*NoteCloseCited in Revelation 2:27; see also Revelation 12:5 and Revelation 19:15. ”
10AND THEREFORE O KINGS ACT PRUDENTLY LET YOURSELVES BE INSTRUCTED O RULERS OF [THE] EARTH 10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
11SERVE <OBJ.> YAHWEH WITH FEAR AND REJOICE WITH TREMBLING 11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12KISS [THE] SON LEST HE SHOULD BE ANGRY AND YOU MAY PERISH WAY IF IT BURNS LIKE A LITTLE ANGER HIS HOW BLESSED! [ARE] ALL [THOSE WHO] SEEK REFUGE IN HIM 12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.