Psalm 2:1-3

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

¹ _r Why do _s the nations rage ₁
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 _t Anointed, saying,
³ "Let us _u burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us."

1. Cross References
   Acts 4:25 - 26
   Who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 46:6
   The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 18:50
   Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
   Psalms 20:6
   Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
   Psalms 45:7
   You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.
   Psalms 89:20
   I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 5:5
   I will go to the great and will speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God." But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.