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לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם
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1 | Why have nations thronged,
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וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃
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and why do peoples mutter emptiness?
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יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ ׀ מַלְכֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ
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2 | Kings of earth are standing,
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וְרוֹזְנִ֥ים נֽוֹסְדוּ־יָ֑חַד
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and rulers have conspired together
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עַל־יְ֝הוָה וְעַל־מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃
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against YHWH and against his anointed one.
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נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ
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3 | “Let us tear off their bonds,
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וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ׃
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and let us throw their ropes from us.”
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יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק
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4 | The one enthroned in the heavens laughs.
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אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃
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The Lord mocks them.
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אָ֤ז יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֵ֣ימוֹ בְאַפּ֑וֹ
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5 | Then he speaks to them in his wrath,
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וּֽבַחֲרוֹנ֥וֹ יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ׃
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and he dismays them with his anger.
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וַ֭אֲנִי נָסַ֣כְתִּי מַלְכִּ֑י
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6 | “But I have cast my king (as my image)
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עַל־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃
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on Zion, my holy mountain.”
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אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק
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7 | Let me recount the decree.
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יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה
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YHWH said to me, "You are my son.
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אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃
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I have become your father today.
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שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי
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8 | Ask me,
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וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ
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and I will make the nations your inheritance
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וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃
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and the ends of the earth your property.
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תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל
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9 | You will crush them with an iron sceptre.
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כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃
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You will smash them like a potter’s vessel.
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וְ֭עַתָּה מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ
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10 | And now, kings, be wise.
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הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
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Accept discipline, rulers of earth.
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עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּיִרְאָ֑ה
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11 | Serve YHWH with fear
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וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ בִּרְעָדָֽה׃
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and rejoice with trembling.
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נַשְּׁקוּ־בַ֡ר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ
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12 | Kiss the son, lest he become angry and you perish in your conduct,
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כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֣ר כִּמְעַ֣ט אַפּ֑וֹ
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for his anger rages easily.
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אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י כָּל־ח֥וֹסֵי בֽוֹ׃
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Happy are all who take refuge in him.
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