Psa 2:1-4, 22:16-17, Mat 27:41-43, Luk 23:35-37 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

pCited from Ps. 22:8

q Ps. 22:7, 17

r Matt. 27:41, 42; Mark 15:31, 32

sSee ch. 24:20

t ch. 16:14

u[ch. 4:23]

v[Matt. 26:53, 54; John 10:18]

w[ch. 4:3, 9]

xSee ch. 9:20; Matt. 1:17

y ch. 9:35; Isa. 42:1; [Matt. 12:18; 1 Pet. 2:4]

z[Ps. 69:21; Matt. 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29]

aa ver. 35

abSee ver. 3

Psalms 2:1-4

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.”
4 He who ^fsits in the heavens ^glaughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.

Psalms 22:16-17

16 For ^hdogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers ⁱencircles me;
they have ^jpierced my hands and feet ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet}—
17 I can count all my bones—
they ^lstare and gloat over me;

Matthew 27:41-43

41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 ^m“He saved others; ⁿhe cannot save himself. ^oHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 ^pHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Luke 23:35-37

35 And ^qthe people stood by, watching, ^rbut ^sthe rulers ^tscoffed at him, saying, ^u“He saved others; ^vlet him save himself, ^wif he is ^xthe Christ of God, ^yhis Chosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^zoffering him sour wine 37 and saying, ^aa“If you are ^abthe King of the Jews, save yourself!”