14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed 1 king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. 2 When David heard about it, he marched out against 3 them. 14:9 Now the Philistines had come and raided 4 the Valley of Rephaim.
2:1 Why 6 do the nations rebel? 7
Why 8 are the countries 9 devising 10 plots that will fail? 11
2:2 The kings of the earth 12 form a united front; 13
the rulers collaborate 14
against the Lord and his anointed king. 15
2:3 They say, 16 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 17
Let’s free ourselves from 18 their ropes!”
2:4 The one enthroned 19 in heaven laughs in disgust; 20
the Lord taunts 21 them.
2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them
and terrifies them in his rage, 22 saying, 23
11:15 Then 24 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ, 25
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
11:16 Then 26 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 27 and worshiped God 11:17 with these words: 28
“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, 29
the one who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and begun to reign. 30
11:18 The 31 nations 32 were enraged,
but 33 your wrath has come,
and the time has come for the dead to be judged,
and the time has come to give to your servants, 34
the prophets, their reward,
as well as to the saints
and to those who revere 35 your name, both small and great,
and the time has come 36 to destroy those who destroy 37 the earth.”