The triumphant Messiah
(Acts 4:23-31)
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Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
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Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
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“Let us draw off Their cords, || And cast Their thick bands from us.”
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He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them.
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Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
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“And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.”
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I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
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Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, || And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
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You rule them with a scepter of iron, || You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
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And now, O kings, act wisely, || Be instructed, O judges of earth,
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Serve YHWH with fear, || And rejoice with trembling.
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Kiss the Chosen One [[ or Son ]], lest He is angry, || And you perish [from] the way, || When His anger burns but a little, || O the blessedness of all trusting in Him!
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