Psa 2:1-5, 21:10, Eze 38:10 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

Psalms 2:1-5

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.
5 Then he will speak to them in his ^hwrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,

Psalms 21:10

10 You ⁱwill destroy their ^jdescendants from the earth,
and their offspring from among the children of man.

Ezekiel 38:10

10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^kthoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme