58 Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
59 Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”
60 Or “Gentiles.”
61 The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.
62 Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

In other versions

who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,

“ ‘Why did the Gentiles rage,

and the peoples plot in vain?

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:

“ ‘Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant:

Why do the Gentiles rage

and the peoples plot futile things?

you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying,

‘Why were the nations so angry?

Why did they waste their time with futile plans?

the one who said by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant,

‘Why do the nations rage,

and the peoples conspire in vain?

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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