12:19 He leads priests away stripped 1
and overthrows 2 the potentates. 3
12:21 He pours contempt on noblemen
and disarms 4 the powerful. 5
2:1 Why 7 do the nations rebel? 8
Why 9 are the countries 10 devising 11 plots that will fail? 12
2:2 The kings of the earth 13 form a united front; 14
the rulers collaborate 15
against the Lord and his anointed king. 16
2:3 They say, 17 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 18
Let’s free ourselves from 19 their ropes!”
2:4 The one enthroned 20 in heaven laughs in disgust; 21
the Lord taunts 22 them.
2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them
and terrifies them in his rage, 23 saying, 24
2:6 “I myself 25 have installed 26 my king
on Zion, my holy hill.”
19:11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; 27
Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice.
How dare you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the sages,
one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?” 28
19:12 But where, oh where, are your wise men? 29
Let them tell you, let them find out
what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.
19:13 The officials of Zoan are fools,
the officials of Memphis 30 are misled;
the rulers 31 of her tribes lead Egypt astray.
40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;
he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.
‘Why do the nations 34 rage, 35
and the peoples plot foolish 36 things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood together, 37
and the rulers assembled together,
against the Lord and against his 38 Christ.’ 39
4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against 40 your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 41 4:28 to do as much as your power 42 and your plan 43 had decided beforehand 44 would happen.