Psa 2:1-3, 22:16, 59:3, Pro 1:11, 16, Mat 27:1, Act 4:5-7, 27-28 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

Psalms 2:1-3

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,
3 “Let us ^eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”

Psalms 22:16

16 For ^fdogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers ^gencircles me;
they have ^hpierced my hands and feet ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet}—

Psalms 59:3

3 For behold, they ^jlie in wait for my life;
fierce men ^kstir up strife against me.
^lFor no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

Proverbs 1:11

11 If they say, “Come with us, ^mlet us lie in wait for blood;
ⁿlet us ambush the innocent without reason;

Proverbs 1:16

16 for ^otheir feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^pWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people ^qtook counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Acts 4:5-7

5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with ^rAnnas the high priest and ^sCaiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, ^t“By what power or ^uby what name did you do this?”

Acts 4:27-28

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^vholy servant Jesus, ^wwhom you anointed, both ^xHerod and ^yPontius Pilate, along ^zwith the Gentiles and ^aathe peoples of Israel, 28 ^abto do whatever your hand and ^acyour plan had predestined to take place.