Psa 2:1-2, Ecc 9:3, Luk 4:28, Act 5:33, 7:54, 26:11 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

aCited Acts 4:25, 26

b[Ps. 46:6]

d Ps. 18:50; 20:6; 45:7; 89:20

e[See ver. 2 above]

f ch. 1:17

g ch. 7:54; [ch. 2:37]

h ch. 5:33; [ch. 2:37]

i Job 16:9; Ps. 35:16; 37:12

j ch. 22:19

kSee ch. 13:45

l ch. 9:1

m ch. 22:5

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,

Ecclesiastes 9:3

3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that ^ethe same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and ^fmadness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Luke 4:28

28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

Acts 5:33

33 When they heard this, they ^gwere enraged and wanted to kill them.

Acts 7:54

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things ^hthey were enraged, and they ⁱground their teeth at him.

Acts 26:11

11 And ^jI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^kblaspheme, and ^lin raging fury against them I ^mpersecuted them even to foreign cities.