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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 2) Psalms 2:4-5 KJV
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure."
Psalms 2:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?**
2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.*
6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.**
7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.*
8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.