This evening we're going to be looking at the second Psalm, Psalm number two. Let us hear God's holy and his infallible word. Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed saying. let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree the Lord hath said unto me, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest ye 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. Amen. And may the Lord bless the reading of his holy and his infallible word. Our title for this message is this, Christ is King over the Nations. Christ is King over the Nations. If I were to ask you here this evening, friend, who is your king? Who is your king? And perhaps you're here this evening and you think, well, I don't have a king. No one rules over me, you might say in your heart. I do what I want, when I want, and how I want. Friends, no matter your view on, say, politics, you may be a monarchist or not a monarchist, you do have a king. You may not like our current royal family, but you do have a king, a supreme ruler you bow to and serve, not simply as a ceremonial head of state, but a higher power. Everyone does. For the Christian, the believer in Jesus Christ, we recognize that Christ is the head. Yes, of the church, but over all nations. What about the unbeliever? Well, the unbeliever wants to be king and decide his own way, to go with his own rules. He shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. That was the temptation, wasn't it? In Genesis chapter 2, in Genesis chapter 3, master of our own destiny, The unbeliever wants to serve himself or he thinks he's serving himself. He thinks he's doing what he wants and really serves another ruler who works in the shadows, who is subtle and deceptive and cunning. There's a war taking place all around us. Yes, we may see glimpses of it on the news. And we lament when we see war in the Middle East, war in Eastern Europe and all sorts of places, war taking place in parts of Africa. But the thing about it is, friends, there's been war taking place for 6,000 years. These are the symptoms of the fundamental problem of our world. War was declared in the Garden of Eden. What happened when man said to God they will choose another way, they wanted another king? The kings or rulers of this world, they serve a king too. We'll see that, we'll see what politicians that often love power and what do they want? More power and to stay in power for as long as possible. But they serve whether they realize it or not, a cosmic battle that takes place that goes beyond them as well. The problem in our nation today is not just simply the economy, jobs, education, housing, all the things that people talk about. The fundamental problem is we forget who is on the throne. We forget who is the true king. the king over the nations. We forget where true authority comes from. We forget what is good and what is evil. And we call that which is good, evil, and evil, good. And friends, we need a revival in the state and we need a revival in the church. We need to turn back to the serving the true and the living God. Here this evening, we're going to examine in Psalm number two, the root cause, the root cause of our nation's problems. Our nation doesn't see this. Our nation is on the wrong side today of this battle spoken about in Psalm number two. And it's not so much a battle because, you know, It's certain what the outcome will be, because there's such a gulf, an infinite difference between one side and the other. The power of God versus the supposed power of rebels. In Psalm 2, we see the king on his throne. In Psalm 1, at the beginning of the book of this altar, we see the moral character of Christ. But in Psalm 2, we see him on his throne. You cannot change this. The question is whether you will accept it and love him on his throne. Why would you want to change? Who better on the throne than God, who is all-wise, all-knowing, all-powerful? This brings us on to our first point this evening. Number one, the king's position. the king's position. Verses 1 and 2, why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? Verse 2, the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed saying. We may think that there are many groups in this world, especially when we see change, such a change in our population. There seems to be so many different groups from different nations, but ultimately there's only really two groups. Those who are in Christ, those who submit to Christ, those who love Christ, those who love that he is on the throne, and those who do not like that he's on the throne. Verse number one speaks of why do the heathen rage or why do they tumultuously assemble? Why are they so angry? This word, the heathen, could also be translated the nations. Goyim, the nations. The reason here it's translated heathen or unbelievers is because, well, the nations outside of Israel were all serving other gods. So the word nations and the word unbelievers were kind of, they went with each other, didn't they? The nations or the heathen, the Gentiles even, what did they do? They rage and the people imagine a vain thing. They meditate on something that is vain, something that cannot possibly happen. And in our context today, what is it? Why does the world, the nations, why does the unbelieving world, why does it rage? Why do the people imagine a vain thing? Why do they resist the true King of Israel? This is really all those outside of the true Israel of God. If you turn to Galatians 6 and verse 16, Galatians chapter 6 and verse 16. It says this, Paul writes, and as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them and mercy upon the Israel of God. Essentially, in one sense, there's two Israels in the Bible. There's Israel according to the flesh, And there's the Israel of God, those who are truly born again and have a circumcised heart. We need a new heart. We need a new nature. The true Israel of God with a circumcised heart. And all those outside of the true Israel of God rage against Christ. They don't want him on the throne. They think a vain thing. They think they can change. by their protests, by their rage, by their tantrums, that they can take Christ off the throne, but it's a vain and foolish thing. It cannot happen. The heathen are not happy, are they? And if you turn on the news today, you'll see all these protests and people are angry. What's very interesting about these protests Sometimes media, good media, will go up to them and put a microphone in front of their mouth and say, why are you here? They can't explain it. They're just angry. Whether parts of them knows that their position cannot be defended. But so many of these protests that are happening in the streets on our day are really against any portion of the light of truth in our society. You see women protesting for the rights to kill their own child. When people see the law of God, they're not happy. Why do the people rage? Why are they unhappy? Why are they angry? The Christ gets to tell them what to do. Basically. And what do we do today? We actually celebrate vain things. We celebrate these vain thoughts. We celebrate, even in schools, children, if they come forward and they say, I'm a she rather than a he, apparently we have to celebrate such vain thoughts. At its core, dear friends, We may get distracted by, oh, is it this, that, and the other? It is at its core an attack upon the light of nature. And we have to recognize it for what it is. And yes, we sympathize with people who are caught up in the lies of the devil, but we don't join in with it either. We don't celebrate it. We don't tell people to become their authentic self. If you become your authentic self, you're going to walk on a broad road that leadeth unto destruction. This is your authentic self by nature, unbelieving and raging against God. That's us by nature, but by grace is why we're changed. Society today wants to dethrone God. And what is that? If you want to dethrone God, there's nothing short of satanic. Modern culture, when it seeks to attack any semblance of the law of God in society, it has become satanic. In Isaiah 14, in verses 12 to 14, Isaiah 14, in verses 12 to 14, How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning? How art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations? For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the Most High. A lot of modern-day interpreters get really confused when they come to this. They're like, hmm, is it the king of Babylon? Is it the devil? But here's the thing. One of the reasons there's such confusion about who is the power behind the rulers of the nations that would seek to dethrone and say no to God? The devil. whether they realize it or not. Sure, plenty of people don't really fully realize it. Sometimes you'll see very strange alliances in politics and other things, but what are they unified around? Their hatred of God, their hatred of the truth of God, and they'll join together. the heathen rage, and what did they do? Assemble, and the people imagined a vain thing. Verse two, the kings of the earth, the rulers, set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed. This verse is quoted in the New Testament. And in the New Testament, you'll see against his Christ. This word anointed could be an against his Messiah. Mashiach, the anointed one, the kings of the earth who haven't bowed the knee to Christ, the rulers of this world, they are against the position because they want to be there themselves. They want to rule. They want to be in charge. They want power. Fallen man wants to rule, dominate. not Christ. And this is a plot against who? The Lord and against his anointed. Who is that but the Christ himself? Now, when we think about who Christ is and his positions, King of kings and Lord of lords, we have two choices before us, don't we? We join with the heathen and we rage. Or we gladly accept and love that He is on the throne. We're glad because He is all-wise. We're glad because He's infinitely loving. We're glad because He will do always what is right. If you put us in the same position, would we always do what is right? No. Far, far better to have God, to have Christ on the throne, Ask yourself this question, if you rage against God, rage against his rule, why? Why would you do so? You're raging against all wisdom, beauty, life, truth. You're also seeking to do something which is utterly impossible. Verses one and two talks about utter chaos. Utter chaos when the nations have been given over to what they want. Friends, one kingdom will fail. The other will succeed and outlive them all. That is Christ. So the king's position, number two now, the king's power. Verse four. Verses three and four, let us break their bands asunder, cast away their cords from us. Verse four, he that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall have them in derision. For all the huffing and the puffing and all the attempts and all the rage. Does it worry God? Does it keep him up at night? Does he think? Maybe they could succeed? No. He has them in derision. There is no hope. That's why it's called a vain thing. It can't possibly happen. I wonder if sometimes you're ever walking through the park and you see the smallest dog in the park taking on the biggest. And I wonder if you start laughing when you see it. It's always the smallest dogs. And you always notice with a lot of these big ones, they're not worried. They're just calm, relaxed. Can't do very much. Friends, consider the difference in the greatness of the power of God compared to his enemies. It's like comparing a nuclear weapon with a speck of dust. Actually, that doesn't even come close. Does a speck of dust worry the nuclear weapon? The difference between the two is not even measurable. It's infinite. And this is why he that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh, he shall have them in derision. God is not worried. God is in control. God's power is not diminished. If two nations go to war, what will happen? If there's two armies fighting each other, as strong as one army may be, for all its power, for all its strength, even the stronger army will lose soldiers. And the longer the war goes on, even the stronger army will become weaker and weaker. They may outlast the other army. But does the Lord ever lose power? Does he ever get depleted? Is there any sense in which his power changes, even with all the challenges? No. Why? Because he is the creator, the infinite creator, the one who is without beginning and without end. And he's being challenged by creatures, finite, small, but of the dust of the earth. Creatures that depend upon His power in order that they have enough power to be able to challenge Him in the first place. Isn't that amazing? That God is so patient with the unbeliever. And many of us were like that. Many of us raged. Many of us mocked the Lord. At one point, we remember a time before the Lord saved us. We were all once mockers of God. We were all once those who raged against God. We were all once those people who imagined a vain thing, but the Lord took pity upon us and He changed us. And to see the power of God and to find rest in Him, why can we find rest in Him? Because if God is with us, who can be against us? Romans chapter 8 and verses 31 and 32. Romans 8, verses 31 and 32, says, What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? The idea here is this. If God has given us his only begotten Son, will he not freely give us all things? If God before us could be against us, what? If we have trusted in Jesus Christ, if we've turned away from our sin, it's the power of God unto salvation, we've been changed by God's power for his glory. Ultimately, if we think about it, We really shouldn't, if we're a believer in Jesus Christ, we really shouldn't worry about anything, should we? Now, of course, in our experience, that doesn't happen, does it? We all worry. We all imagine what could happen. We all worry about the wrong thing. We all overestimate the strength of the enemy, and we undervalue when we worry. the power of God and the strength of God and the love of God and the goodness of God. When you look at these verses, dear friend, who should be terrified? So often it's the believer. There's many believer who read this and go, I really hope I'm really believing. And some of them might get shaken by these verses. It's the unbeliever. we should read these verses and be terrified. Who hasn't trusted in Jesus Christ, who has said no to Christ, the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing, but there should be also comfort for you, the believer. Think about this. The one who you trust, the one in whom your salvation lies in, The gospel, Romans 116, is the power of God unto salvation. The power of God, and the power of God is not worried or challenged by this fallen world in any way, shape, or form. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. He shall have them in derision. In Psalm 121, Verse 4, Psalm 121 and verse 4. It says, Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall never slumber nor sleep. And guess what happens when we're worried? When things go wrong, we can't find rest. Sometimes we can't sleep. I wonder if you've ever had nights where you're You're like, what time is it now? And you look over and it's two, three o'clock in the morning. You're wondering if you're gonna fall asleep, because you're so worried about something. You're so concerned about something. God is in control, even when we're asleep. We're afraid of taking our rest. But the more we trust in him, the more we can find calm comfort, and reassurance that God will keep his promises and that the doubts of the world, the world will mock and say, these things are not true. Why do you waste your time on that Christianity? He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. Verse five, it says, then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them In sore displeasure, yes, we can look at the heathen, and they may look like they're enjoying their time right now, and they look like they're having a great moment in the sun. No, they're not. They want to present it like that. Much of that is, frankly, propaganda. If you know these people, you've experienced the things, you know that it's presented one way, maybe in the media, documentary movies, all these kind of things. Sin is miserable. It's miserable. But Christ is joy and peace that passes all understanding. There's a warning to the unbeliever who says no to Christ, no to his rule, and thinks that he can challenge his power. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath. If you're a believer, the Lord speaks unto you in his love. But if you're an unbeliever, he speaks unto you this wrath, this warning. Turn. There is a death hanging over you. And you need to flee from the wrath to come and find rest and refuge in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, today. In verse 7, it says this. Verses six and seven, yet have I set my king upon my holy hill. Of Zion I will declare to the creed, the Lord hath said unto me, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. It speaks here of what may seem to us as if it's another. I have set my king upon my holy hill. The Lord has said unto me, thou art my son. And in order to have a son, what must you have? A father. There's two being spoken about, but these two are also one. John 10 verse 30. I and my Father are one, Jesus, who is the Son of God said. But look at this verse number seven, it says, I will declare the decree the Lord has said unto me, this part here, the second half of verse seven, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. This day have I begotten thee. There's a lot of, if you read enough on this, there's a lot of confusion about what this means, different commentaries and things like this. Interestingly enough, this is quoted in the New Testament in Acts chapter 13 and verse 33. Acts chapter 13 and verse 33, it says, God hath fulfilled the same unto us, their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again. So speaking of the resurrection, as it is also written in the second Psalm, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. So something's been fulfilled here. In terms of this decree, at the resurrection. So it's quoted in Acts 13.33, speaking of the resurrection. Now, we need to pause and think about this for a second. And we need to compare Scripture with Scripture. One of the verses we're going to look at as well when we're thinking about this, Hebrews 1 and verse 5. Hebrews 1 and verse number 5. Hebrews chapter 1 gives us another clue, you could say, to understanding this verse. And Hebrews chapter 1 is showing the supremacy of Christ above all, and he's being compared to the angels. And the angels are the most wonderful of all created beings. Verse 5, for unto which of the angels hath he at any time? And he said at any time, thou art my son. This day have I begotten thee. And again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. The angels are created, but the Son of God is not. He is different, infinitely different from the angels. So what are we to think of this phrase here? This day. Have I begotten thee? We're not to think that the father began to be the father. That there was a time when the father was not the father and he became the father. No. The father, God the father is God the father eternally. God the son is God the son eternally. We know this in many parts of the scriptures. But what are we to understand by this? It's fulfilled at the resurrection. What happened at the resurrection? It was shown that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, who he claimed to be. He didn't become the Son of God at that point, you must understand. But he was declared to be the Son of God with power. What he always was, he was declared to be openly. Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. What's wonderful about this is this. We think of the king's power. The power of the father is the power of the son. There's no diminishing between the father and the son, declared at his resurrection. So as we think about our third point, the king's pleasure, the king's pleasure. Because the father and the son are one, eternally begotten of the Father, what pleases the Father? Well, it says here, ask of me, verse 8, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. If we think about that eternal relationship between God the Father and God the Son, a relationship which is without beginning and without end and without shadow of turning, prayer pleases the Father more than the prayer of Jesus the Son. You see it in John chapter 17. He prays for a very specific people. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou has given me. Very specific people. If we turn there briefly, John 17 and verse 10. John 17. And verse... Verse number 9. "'I pray for them, I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me. They are thine, and all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.'" All Jesus prayed for in this prayer will come, or have come, to salvation. It delights the father to answer the son's prayer. Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. And the inheritance is not just a little piece of land. It's the whole world. It's the new heavens and the new earth where righteousness dwells. Jesus will return. he will do whatsoever he pleases. See, that's the difference between the true God and the idols. In Psalm 115 and verse number three, Psalm 115 and verse number three, it says this, but our God is in the heavens. He hath done whatsoever he pleased. And all the way throughout Psalm 115, it's showing the idols are weak. Feeble, limited, helpless products of man's minds. They look pretty. Verse four, their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Idols don't do whatever they like. Idols are shaped according to their maker. The king does whatsoever he pleases. What did God the Father say of God the Son? This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. The Father delights in the Son. This is all about what delights God. And what we have to think about is what pleases God. Because on our last day, when we breathe our last breath, what will matter is what pleases God. So that when we stand before God, We must think about what pleases him, because what pleases him will enter into heaven. What displeases him will enter into hell. You see it there. Thou shalt break them, verse 9, with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Romans chapter 9 talks about this. Thou art the potter. We are the clay. The point is that God is the one in control. And what does a potter do with clay? It doesn't quite work out. Does he keep it around? No. He keeps what pleases him. And anything that displeases him, it is smashed to pieces. It's not fit for purpose. What should we take away from this? Friends, we should always think about what pleases God. That's what will be victorious. That's what will last. In our culture today, there's very little that pleases God. And men love to have it so. But it won't last. We should encourage our hearts. If you're grieved by the sin in your own heart, grieved by the sin in the culture, coming is a day when this will all end. That's a sad thing for the unbeliever. The unbeliever will go, Our fun will end. But for the believer, they're thinking, come Lord Jesus, we cannot wait to be delivered from the presence of sin. We cannot wait to be delivered from the temptation of our own hearts. We wish to love and enjoy more fully what is pleasing to the King. Which brings us to our fourth and final point here this evening, the king's people. The king's people. So the king's position, power, pleasure, and finally number four, people. If a king is a king over a small nation, and say that small nation is five people, doesn't sound very impressive, does it? The greatness of a king is seen in the size of his army, size of his people. If you see in verse 8, ask of me and I should give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. The whole earth. Alexander the Great and all his power and great strategic might and all the things he was able to do. We still remember thousands of years later, but he was not able to conquer the whole world. Christ's kingdom is far greater. And far, far better. Christ's kingdom is a number of people that cannot be numbered. Sometimes we'll lament because we live in a day of small things, but we're part of a people. That it's not just here, praise God for everyone that is here, but it's not just here in Stockton, it's a number that cannot be numbered. In Revelation chapter 7 and verse 9. Revelation 7, verse 9, And this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number. And all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with robes and palms in their hands. Christ is King over the nations, more powerful than any ruler that would dare to challenge Him. And His kingdom and His people is far greater than any nation. You can number the population of Russia, you can number the population of the United States, England, the United Kingdom, but you cannot number, this is a number that is so great, so vast of every tongue, kindred, all backgrounds. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, those who will not come to the Lord. In verse 10 it says, Be wise now therefore, O ye kings, be instructed, ye judges of the earth. And this can be said to every king, every prime minister, every president, every ruler, because this is the authoritative word of God. This word stands above every king. And it tells all men everywhere, not just men of certain status in society, everyone, the kings, the princes, everyone, will either bow before God by grace, by changing, the heart's been changed, or they will be made to bow before him by force. If we turn to Philippians chapter two and verse 10. Philippians chapter two. And verse number 10. That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Every knee should bow. Be wise, therefore, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. You may have power. But be instructed, learn of God, learn of your master, learn of your king, your true king of kings and Lord of lords. If you're wise unto salvation here this evening, you wish to be taught of God. You love to be taught of God. You love when you come to the scriptures, you learn something new. It changes and transforms you. You think, oh, I haven't seen this before. And sometimes there's a reproof. But ultimately that's for our good as well. It corrects us for destruction and righteousness. It brings us closer to the Lord and it transforms us and it changes us in Psalm 86 and verse 11. Psalm 86 and verse number 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord. I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name. And that's what it means to be wise to salvation, that you're wishing to be taught, no matter your position, no matter the power you've been given. And by the way, the kings of the earth, whether our prime minister or our current king or anyone else across this world has been given power by God. And there'll be a day when it'd be taken away from them. It's all under the power of God. This is why we should fear God. Who gives the power that they have? God. Fear the Lord. Serve the Lord, it says in verse 11, with fear and rejoice, with trembling. Why do we tremble? Because we have a sense of the power and the glory of the one we come before, and we have a sense of our unworthiness to come before him. But it's a wonderful blessing, isn't it, to be the people of the King, to be part of this wonderful multitude, a number that cannot be numbered. It says in verse 12, kiss the son lest he be angry and he perish from the way. when his anger is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. There's a kiss the son. Yes, speaking of worship, but there's an affection, a love there. It's also very interesting as well. Verse seven, thou art my son, has a different Hebrew word to the word here, kiss. The son in verse 12, kiss, the word is bar. There's different opinions on why this is like this in Psalm 2. But Bar is Aramaic, and it was the international language of the day, which makes a lot of sense to me. That says to the nations, kiss the sun. All the nations. The son of God. lest he be angry. If you come to the Lord in worship, if you love Jesus Christ, you're delivered from this wrath of almighty God. Delivered. There's affection that you give to the Son, but let us not forget as well the affection that the Lord has for you in Jesus Christ. If we turn to Song of Solomon chapter one and verse two, Song of Solomon chapter one and verse two, let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. For thy love is better than wine. The church speaks of Christ. Kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, the word of God. There's wonderful promises of his delighting love in Jesus Christ. Why? Thy love is better than wine and the people of God, Shouldn't we be the most filled with delight? Yes, we will have struggle in this world. Yes, we will, in many ways, face more trial than anyone else most likely in this world or anyone else you've come across. Who knows? But we have the greatest gift. We have one that loves us with an unchanging love in Jesus Christ. And when we pick up our Bibles and we prayerfully read believing, we are kissed, reassured, helped, encouraged. As we conclude, dear friends, eternity is a long time to be wrong. This is not a battle or a conflict you want to be on the wrong side of. Christ's reign is beautiful. But the reign of the heathen, the reign of the nations, the reign of the kings and the rulers who plot against Christ, it is horrid. Who do you bow to? Who is your king? You say, well, I'm my own king. No, no, no, you're not. You bow to the devil. The devil says, do whatever you like. The devil doesn't mind, as long as you don't bow to Christ. Who do you bow to? Friends, I pray that none would leave here this evening, from the very youngest amongst us to the oldest, without trusting and kissing the Son, lest he be angry. And ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. But let us not forget, dear friends here this evening, blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Amen. Let us turn now in praise to God, Psalm number 2 once more, as we sing the remainder of Psalm number 2. Psalm number 2, singing from verses 7 to 12. Verses 7 to 12, and our tune is Rest. The sure decree I will declare, the Lord hath said to me, thou art my only son this day. I have. begotten thee, ask of me, and for heritage the heathen I'll make thine, and for possession I to thee will give earth's utmost line. Let us sing praise to God, verses 7 to the end.