Acts 4:25 (YLT)

Passage

who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

Nearby Context

Acts 4:23 And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

Acts 4:24 and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou <FI>art<Fi> God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them,

Acts 4:25 who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

Acts 4:26 the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;

Acts 4:27 for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "through", "mouth", "david", "servant", "nations", "rage", "peoples", and "meditate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "through" and "mouth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "and they having heard with one accord..." into verse 26's "the kings of the earth stood up...", so "through" and "mouth" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "through" and "mouth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.