Psa 2:1-3, Act 4:26 | 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.”

Acts 4:26

26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^fthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^gAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—