Read the Bible

^1 (a)Why do the nations plan rebellion?
    Why do people make their useless plots?
² Their kings revolt,
    their rulers plot together against the Lord
    and against the king he chose.
³ "Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say;
    "let us throw off their control."

⁴ From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs
    and mocks their feeble plans.
⁵ Then he warns them in anger
    and terrifies them with his fury.
⁶ "On Zion,^[a] my sacred hill," he says,
    "I have installed my king."

^7 (b)"I will announce," says the king, "what the Lord has declared.
    He said to me: ‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.
⁸ Ask, and I will give you all the nations;
    the whole earth will be yours.
^9 (c)You will break them with an iron rod;
    you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.'"

¹⁰ Now listen to this warning, you kings;
    learn this lesson, you rulers of the world:
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear;
tremble ¹²     and bow down to him;^[b]
or else his anger will be quickly aroused,
    and you will suddenly die.
Happy are all who go to him for protection.