Psa 2:1-2, 56:6, 64:4-6, 94:20-21, Jer 11:19, 18:18-20, Mat 21:45-46 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

Psalms 2:1-2

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^dAnointed, saying,

Psalms 56:6

6 They ^estir up strife, they ^flurk;
they ^gwatch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.

Psalms 64:4-6

4 shooting from ^hambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ⁱwithout fear.
5 They ^jhold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of ^klaying snares secretly,
thinking, ^l“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For ^mthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

Psalms 94:20-21

20 Can ⁿwicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ^ostatute?
21 They ^pband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn ^qthe innocent to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood}

Jeremiah 11:19

19 But I was ^slike a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know ^tit was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
^ulet us cut him off from ^vthe land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 18:18-20

18 Then they said, ^w“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^xfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^yCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

19 Hear me, O Lord,
and ^zlisten to the voice of my adversaries.
20 ^aaShould good be repaid with evil?
Yet ^abthey have dug a pit for my life.
^acRemember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.

Matthew 21:45-46

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And ^adalthough they were seeking to arrest him, ^aethey feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^afa prophet.