Psalm 2:1-4

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."

4 He who v sits in the heavens w laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.

  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.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 11:4
    The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord 's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
    Psalms 29:10
    The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
    Isaiah 40:22
    It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 37:13
    But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
    Psalms 59:8
    But you, O Lord, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.
    Job 22:19
    The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them.
    Proverbs 1:26
    I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you.
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