² May the Lord make your mighty scepter
    reach far from Zion!
    Rule over your enemies!
³ Your people stand ready
    on your day of battle.
    “In holy grandeur, from the dawn’s womb, fight!
        Your youthful strength is like the dew itself.”
⁴ The Lord has sworn a solemn pledge and won’t change his mind:
    “You are a priest forever in line with Melchizedek.”
⁵ My master, by your strong hand,
    God has crushed kings on his day of wrath.

⁶ God brings the nations to justice,
    piling the dead bodies, crushing heads throughout the earth.
⁷ God drinks from a stream along the way,
    then holds his head up high.