Psalms

Psalm 2:1–2

¹Why do the nations rage^a

and the peoples plot in vain?

²The kings of the earth take their stand

and the rulers gather together,

against the LORD

and against His Anointed One:^b

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֭מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do the nations	גוֹיִ֑ם	ḡō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
rage	רָגְשׁ֣וּ	rā·ḡə·šū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7283 be in tumult or commotion
and the peoples	וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים	ū·lə·’um·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H3816 people
plot	יֶהְגּוּ־	yeh·gū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1897 moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
in vain	רִֽיק׃	rîq	Noun - masculine singular	H7385 emptiness, vanity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The kings	מַלְכֵי־	mal·ḵê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of the earth	אֶ֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
take their stand	יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ׀	yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3320 set or station oneself, take one's stand
and the rulers	וְרוֹזְנִ֥ים	wə·rō·wz·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7336 be weighty, judicious, commanding
gather	נֽוֹסְדוּ־	nō·ws·ḏū-	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3245 establish, found, fix
together	יָ֑חַד	yā·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the LORD	יְ֝הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and against	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
His Anointed One	מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃	mə·šî·ḥōw	Adjective - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4899 anointed

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 2:1 Acts 4:25–26 · Revelation 17:14 · Psalm 46:6 · Psalm 21:11 · Psalm 83:4–8 · Matthew 21:38 · Acts 17:5–6 · Luke 22:22–23 · Psalm 18:42 · Isaiah 8:9 · Luke 18:32 · Acts 5:33

Psalm 2:2 Matthew 26:59 · Matthew 27:1 · Revelation 17:12–14 · Luke 23:11–12 · Psalm 45:7 · Proverbs 21:30 · Acts 10:38 · John 1:41 · Psalm 48:4 · Psalm 2:10 · Psalm 74:23 · Exodus 16:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.