Psa 2:1-3, Act 4:25-27 | 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 Jer. 5:5

gCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

h ver. 5

i ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]

oSee Matt. 20:19

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.”

Acts 4:25-27

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,