Psalms 2:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Why do the Heathen so furiously rage together? and why do the people imagine a vayne thing?

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  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 The heathen make much a do, and the kyngdomes are moued: but God shewed his voyce, and the earth melted away.
  • Ps 83:4-8 : 4 They haue said, come, and let vs roote them out, that they be no more a people: and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembraunce. 5 For they haue conspired all in one minde: & are confederate against thee. 6 The pauilions of Edom and the Ismaelites: of Moab, and Hagerites, 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec: the Philistines with the inhabitauntes of Tyre. 8 Assur also is ioyned vnto them: they were a great ayde to the chyldren of Lot. Selah.
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.
  • John 11:49-50 : 49 And one of them named Caiaphas, beyng the hye priest that same yere, sayde vnto them: Ye perceaue nothyng at all, 50 Nor consider, that it is expedient for vs, that one man dye for the people, and not that all the people perishe.
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 When they hearde that, they claue asunder, and sought meanes to slea the.
  • Acts 16:22 : 22 And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Iewes whiche beleued not, moued with enuie, toke vnto them certaine vagaboundes and euyll men, and gathered a companie, and set all the citie on a rore, and made assault vnto the house of Iason, & sought to bryng them out to the people. 6 And when they founde them not, they drewe Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world, are come hyther also,
  • Acts 19:28-32 : 28 And when they hearde these sayinges, they were full of wrath, and cryed out, saying: great is Diana of ye Ephesians. 29 And all the citie was on a rore, & they russhed into the common hall with one assent, and caught Gaius & Aristarcus, men of Macedonia, Paules companions. 30 When Paule woulde haue entred in vnto ye people, the disciples suffred hym not. 31 But certaine of ye chiefe of Asia, which were his friendes, sent vnto hym, desiryng hym that he would not preasse into the common hall. 32 Some therfore cryed one thyng, and some another, and the assemblie was all out of quiet, and the more part knew not wherfore they were come together.
  • Acts 4:25-26 : 25 Which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid, hast sayde: Why dyd the Heathen rage, & the people imagine vayne thynges? 26 The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe.
  • Ps 18:42 : 42 I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates.
  • Isa 8:9 : 9 Breake downe O ye people, and ye shalbe broken downe, hearken to all ye of farre countreys: muster you, and you shalbe broken downe, prepare you, and you shalbe torne in peeces.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce.
  • Luke 18:32 : 32 For he shalbe deliuered vnto the gentiles, and shalbe mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • Luke 22:1-2 : 1 The feast of sweete breade drewe nye, which is called the Passouer. 2 And ye hie priestes and scribes sought howe they myght kyll hym, for they feared the people.
  • Luke 22:22-23 : 22 And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appoynted: but wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed. 23 And they began to enquire among them selues, which of them it was that shoulde do it.

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    2 The kynges of the earth stande vp: and the rulers take counsell together against god, and against his annointed.

    3 Let vs breake say they their bondes a sunder: and cast away their cordes from vs.

    4 He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision.

    5 Then wyll he speake vnto them in his wrath: and he wyll astonie them with feare in his sore displeasure.

  • Acts 4:25-27
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    25 Which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid, hast sayde: Why dyd the Heathen rage, & the people imagine vayne thynges?

    26 The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe.

    27 And of a trueth, agaynst thy holye chylde Iesus, who thou hast anoynted, both Herode and also Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered them selues together,

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    2 Wherfore shal the Heathen say: where is nowe their God?

  • Ps 46:6
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    6 The heathen make much a do, and the kyngdomes are moued: but God shewed his voyce, and the earth melted away.

  • Ps 33:10
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    10 God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught: and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes: and set forwarde to warre euery day.

  • Ps 149:7
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    7 That they may take auengement of the heathen: and correction of the nations.

  • Ps 83:2-3
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    2 For beholde, thyne enemies make an vprore: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp their head.

    3 They haue deuised shrewde counsell against thy people: and they haue consulted against thyne, whom thou defendest.

  • Isa 17:12
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    12 Wo shalbe to the multitude of much people, which shall make a sounde lyke to the noyse of the sea, and the violence of the nations which shall rage lyke the russhyng in of many waters.

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19 Aryse vp O God, let not man preuaile: let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged.

    20 Put them in feare O God: that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men. Selah.

  • Ps 10:1-2
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    1 Why standest thou so farre of O God? why hidest thee in the tyme of trouble?

    2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.

  • Isa 14:6
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    6 Which when he is wroth, smiteth the people with continuall strokes, and in wrath raigneth ouer the heathen, who he persecuteth without compassion.

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    3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: ye shalbe as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge.

  • Nah 1:9
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    9 What imagine ye against the Lorde? he makes an vtter destruction: ye shall not be troubled twyse.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.

  • Job 40:11
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    11 Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him:

  • Ps 79:6
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    6 Powre out thine indignation vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee: and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name.

  • Lam 4:12
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    12 Neither the kynges of the earth, nor all the inhabitours of the world, would haue beleued that the enemie and aduersarie shoulde haue come in at the gates of the citie of Hierusalem.

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    16 God is king for euer and euer: but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande.

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    8 But thou O God wylt haue them in derision: thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne.

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    4 All such as be workers of iniquitie: they babble, they prate shoutly, they make boastes of them selues.

  • Hab 1:10-11
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    10 And they shall mocke the kinges, and the princes shalbe a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery stronghold, for they shall gather dust, and take it.

    11 Then shall they take a courage, and transgresse, and do wickedly, imputing this their power vnto their god.

  • Ps 3:1
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    1 A psalme of Dauid when he fled from the face of Absalom his sonne. O God howe are myne enemies increased? many do ryse vp against me.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen: and their tongue goeth through the worlde.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 47:8
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    8 God raigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.

  • Ps 69:24
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    24 Powre out thine indignation vpon them: and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11 Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

  • Deut 32:21
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    21 They haue angred me with that which is no god, and prouoked me with their vanities: And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people, I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation.

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    11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.

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    1 To the chiefe musition, a wyse instruction of Dauid, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him, saying: Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek. Why boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe? the goodnes of God dayly endureth.

  • Joel 3:11-12
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    11 Assemble your selues and come all you heathen, and gather your selues together rounde about, there shall the Lord cast downe thy mightie men.

    12 Let the heathen arise and come vp to the valley of Iehosaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all nations rounde about.

  • Isa 8:10
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    10 Take your counsell together, yet shall your counsell come to naught: determine the matter, yet shall it not prosper: for God is with vs.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Job 3:14
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    14 Lyke as the kinges and lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues speciall places,

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    5 The Lorde at thy right hande: wyll wounde euen kinges in the day of his wrath.

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    2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.

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    1 Come ye heathen and heare, take heede you people: hearken thou earth and all that is therin, thou rounde compasse and all that dwelleth thervpon.

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    10 All nations compassed me rounde about: but I trusted in the name of God that I shoulde destroy them.

  • Ps 135:15
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    15 As for the idols of the Heathen they are but siluer and golde: the worke of mens handes.