Book One (Psalms 1-41) "Concerning Man"


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.
9:   Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10:   Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11:   Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12:   Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.


1. Why do...his anointed, Quoted in Ac. 4:25-26.

7. Thou art...begotten thee. Quoted in Ac. 13:33 and Heb. 1:5.

8. I shall give...potter's vessel. Quoted in Re. 2:26-27; 12:5; 19:15.