5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again,because the Lordsustains me. Jeremiah 27:2 Jeremiah 27:6-7 . I will declare the decree. We can defy God and perish, or we can surrender to Him and be blessed.
A. Before all things and round about them as a glory and defence is the Lord’s “decree.” Under all disorder is law. Psalm 3:2-7New International Version (NIV) 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”[a] 3 But you, Lord, are a shieldaround me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. (1-3) The nations rebel.

1. 4 I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Verse 3. … 2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: 3 “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.… The psalm itself does not identify its author, but Acts 4:25-26 clearly attributes it to David.

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. The rage of nations and the laugh of God. The Lord’s decree. Psalms 2:7.
The law is first beneficent, and then retributive. Like many psalms, the theme of Psalm 2 is emphasized in the final verse. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

There is nothing in the economy of life and civilisation that is haphazard. Resolved they were to run riot, as lawless, and aweless, and therefore they slander the sweet laws of Christ's kingdom as bonds and thick cords, which are signs of slavery. Why do the nations rage,