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Verse 11, "Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling", appears in Hebrew over the entrance to a synagogue in Sibiu , Romania Psalm 2 is the second psalm of the Book of Psalms , generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version , "Why do the heathen rage".1 In Latin, it is known as " Quare fremuerunt gentes ". Psalm 2 does not identify its author with a superscription. Acts 4:24–26 in the New Testament attributes it to David . According to the Talmud , Psalm 2 is a continuation of Psalm 1 . The psalm is a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Anglican and Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music often; George Frideric Handel set nine verses in Part II of his Messiah .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Why do the nations rage so furiously together? Psalm 2 is the second Psalm of the Bible . It tells us that we can either defy God and perish, or submit to him and be blessed . Psalm 2 itself does not identify its author , but Acts 4:25-26 clearly attributes it to David .
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Psalm 2 is the second Psalm of the Bible . It tells us that people can either defy God and perish, or submit to him and be blessed .Psalm 2 does not identify its author with a superscription.Acts 4:24-26 in the New Testament attributes it to David .Acts 4:24–26 It is also called "the second psalm" in Acts 13:32–33 .
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Second psalm of the Book of Psalms Psalm 2 is the second psalm of the Book of Psalms , beginning in English in the King James Version : "Why do the heathen rage". In Latin, it is known as "Quare fremuerunt gentes" . Psalm 2 does not identify its author with a superscription, but Acts 4:24–26 in the New Testament attributes it to David . According to the Talmud , Psalm 2 is a continuation of Psalm 1 . The psalm is a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Lutheran and Anglican liturgies as well as Protestant psalmody.It has often been set to music; George Frideric Handel set nine verses in Part II of his Messiah .
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second psalm of the bible
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second psalm of the book of psalms
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