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Psalms 2:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. "
Psalms 2:8
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6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
7 I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
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Psalms 2:1
"Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?"
Psalms 2:2
"The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,"
Psalms 2:3
"“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”"
Psalms 2:4
"He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision."
Psalms 2:5
"Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:"
Psalms 2:6
"“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”"
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