Wherefore Do the Nations Rage

 

VERSE 1

Wherefore do the nations rage,

And the people vainly dream,

That in triumph they can wage

War against the Lord supreme?

His Anointed they deride,

And the rulers plotting say:

Their dominion be defied,

Let us cast their bonds away.

 

VERSE 2

But the Lord will scorn them all,

Calm He sits enthroned on high;

Soon His wrath will on them fall,

Angered then He will reply:

Yet according to My will

I have set My King to reign,

And on Zion’s holy hill

Mine Anointed I maintain.

 

VERSE 3

This the word declared to me,

This Jehovah’s firm decree:

Thou art my beloved Son,

Yea, I have begotten Thee.

Ask and have Thy full demands,

Thine shall all the heathen be,

Thine the utmost of the lands,

They shall be possessed of Thee.

 

VERSE 4

Dash them like a potter’s urn,

Thou shalt break them with a rod.

Therefore, kings and judges, learn

Anxiously to serve your God.

Kiss the Son and worship Him,

Lest ye perish in the way;

Blest are all who trust in Him,

Yea, supremely blest are they.

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