3 They say, “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us!Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust;the Lord taunts them.
5 Then he angrily speaks to themand terrifies them in his rage, saying,
6 “I myself have installed my kingon Zion, my holy hill.”
7 The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me:‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!
8 Ask me,and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,the ends of the earth as your personal property.
9 You will break them with an iron scepter;you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”