Why do the nations conspire, and the people's plot in vain?

The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers ban together against the Lord,

and against his anointed, saying, let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.

But the one enthroned in heaven laughs.

The Lord scoffs at them. He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain. I will proclaim the Lord's decree.

He said to me, you are my son. Today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations

your inheritance. And the ends of the earth, your possession, you will break them with a rod of iron.

You will dash them to pieces like pottery. Therefore, you kings be wise. Be warned, you rulers of the

earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and celebrate his rule with trembling. Kiss his son,

or he will be angry. And your way will lead to destruction.

For his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Friends, welcome back to the Wild at Harp podcast in the week of March 7th.

Last week, we released a special podcast entitled praying for Ukraine, because we just couldn't

wait until this week to send our love and our prayers and collect our thoughts, collect our

interpretation of events, ground ourselves in God with what's going on, the heartbreak in

Eastern Europe. We feel that it is just as important to keep that going this week and to keep

the prayer going, the united prayer right here of our listeners. And so welcome back.

I want to unite with you in prayer, and I want to offer some thoughts that I think will be

really helpful to you. I also want our friends in Eastern Europe. We have friends and allies in

Ukraine. I want them to know we're praying. We're with you. We love you. We want you to know

that you have friends who are praying. Our team gathered to pray and to pray very seriously,

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