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?
Runādams par tautu un to valdnieku rīcību, psalmu dziesminieks sāka šo psalmu šādi: ” Kāpēc trokšņo tautas un ļaudis tukšu melš?