The religious leaders let them go, events had left them in a quandary over what to do.
Peter and John went back to the rest of the believers and reported what had happened and what had been said. This prompted the people to pray to God. Note the contrast between their reaction and that of the religious leaders. The religious leaders were relying on their own wisdom and self-interest and were left confused. The believers relied on God's wisdom and looked to the glorifying of His name. So they were filled with the Spirit and boldness.
The believers saw these events as a fulfilment of things that David had spoken of in the Psalms, Psalm 2 in this case. Note that the Psalms are often quoted by Jesus and the apostles. This indicates that we are not to take the Psalms just as worship or prayer, but as prophecy as well.
Having praised God, they then applied the Psalm to their own situation, putting Herod and Pilate, and the people of Jerusalem, in the place of those who plotted in vain. They called on God to make Himself all the more evident in their lives. And God answered their prayers.
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