Psa 2:1-5, 7:6, 10:13-14, 46:6, 93:3-4, Luk 6:11, Joh 15:18, 23-24 | 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 7:6

6 ⁱArise, O Lord, in your anger;
^jlift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
^kawake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

Psalms 10:13-14

13 Why does the wicked ^lrenounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not ^mcall to account”?
14 But you do see, for you ⁿnote mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^ocommits himself;
you have been ^pthe helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 46:6

6 ^qThe nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he ^rutters his voice, the earth ^smelts.

Psalms 93:3-4

3 ^tThe floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
^uthe Lord ^von high is mighty!

Luke 6:11

11 But they were filled with ^wfury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

John 15:18

The Hatred of the World

18 ^x“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

John 15:23-24

23 ^yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 ^zIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^aathey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^abseen and hated both me and my Father.