They say, ¹  “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! ²  Let’s free ourselves from ³  their ropes!”

biblegateway Psa 2:3

"Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!"

"Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints."

"Let’s break apart their chains and shake off their ropes."

biblegateway Psa 2:3

"Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."

"Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."

bibleoremus Psa 2:3

"Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us."

“Let us break their fetters,” they cry, “let us throw off their chains!”

biblegateway Psa 2:3

"Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us."

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

biblegateway Psa 2:3

They say, ¹  “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! ²  Let’s free ourselves from ³  their ropes!”

¹ tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The quotation represents the words of the rebellious kings.

² tn Heb “their (i.e., the Lord’s and the king’s) shackles.” The kings compare the rule of the Lord and his vice-regent to being imprisoned.

³ tn Heb “throw off from us.”