Psalms 2:2 · KJV
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},”
— Psalms 2:2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psalms 2 — Context
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Cross References
Matthew 26:59
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Revelation 17:12-14
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Matthew 27:1
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Psalms 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Luke 23:11-12
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked {him}, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Proverbs 21:30
{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
John 1:41
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. {the Christ: or, the Anointed}