^{1 Ref} Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

^{2 Ref} Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

^{3 Ref} `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

^{4 Ref} He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

^{5 Ref} Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: