Psa 2:1-3, 83:5, Act 4:25-29, 17:5, 2Ti 3:11 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

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 83:5

5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—

Acts 4:25-29

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^g“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^hthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ⁱAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^kholy servant Jesus, ^lwhom you anointed, both ^mHerod and ⁿPontius Pilate, along ^owith the Gentiles and ^pthe peoples of Israel, 28 ^qto do whatever your hand and ^ryour plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, ^slook upon their threats and grant to your servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} to continue to speak your word with all ^uboldness,

Acts 17:5

5 ^vBut the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13} ^xwere jealous, and taking ^ysome wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

2 Timothy 3:11

11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me ^zat Antioch, ^aaat Iconium, and ^abat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet ^acfrom them all ^adthe Lord rescued me.