Why do the nations protest
  and the peoples grumble in vain?
Kings on earth rise up
   and princes plot together
   against the LORD and his anointed:
"Let us break their shackles
   and cast off their chains"
The one enthroned in heaven laughs;
   the Lord derides them,
Then speaks to them in anger,
   terrifies them in wrath:
"I myself have installed my king
   on Zion, my holy mountain,"
I will proclaim the decree of the LORD,
   who said to me, "You are my son;
   today I am your father.
Only ask it of me,
   and I will make your inheritance the
      nations,
   your possession the ends of the earth.
With an iron rod you shall shepherd them,
   like a clay pot you will shatter them.
And now, kings, give heed;
   take warning, rulers on earth.
Serve the LORD with fear;
   with trembling bow down in homage,
Lest God be angry and you perish from the way
   in a sudden blaze of anger.
Happy are those who take refuge in God!