Referring to the actions of the nations and their rulers, the psalmist begins his composition by singing: “Why have the nations been in tumult and the national groups themselves kept muttering an empty thing?
اشار صاحب المزمور الى ما ستفعله الامم ورؤساؤها في مستهل ترنيمته قائلا :‏ « لماذا ارتجّت الامم وتفكَّر الشعوب في الباطل .‏