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Psalms 21:11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Intended evil - against Israel's king. Literally, They inclined, or bent evil upon thee, to throw it down on thee.

Not able - nay, their designs recoil on themselves.

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See also Psalms 21:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 21:11. _FOR THEY INTENDED EVIL_] Sinners shall not be permitted to do all that _is in their power_ against the godly; much less shall they be able to perform all that they _wish_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THEY INTENDED EVIL AGAINST THEE - literally, “They stretched out evil.” The idea seems to be derived from “stretching out” or laying snares, nets, or gins, for the purpose of taking wild beasts. T...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 21 The King's Glory Anticipated and Contemplated _ 1. The King's power, glory and salvation (Psalms 21:1)_ 2. His victory over the enemies (Psalms 21:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXI. A THANKSGIVING FOR ROYAL VICTORY. The indications of date are the same as in Psalms 20, though the tone is less religious. PSALMS 21:4_ B_. For the hyperbole _cf._ 1 Kings 1:31; Psalms 61:7 f....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ARE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM. could not accomplish....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The king, who must be supposed to be present, is now addressed. This victory is an earnest of future victories. The total destruction of all his enemies is confidently anticipated....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Though they threaten thee with evil, Though they devise a mischievous plan, they shall avail naught, For thou shalt make them turn their backs, Aiming with thy bowstrings against their faces....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    A MISCHIEVOUS DEVICE, WHICH, &C.— _A mischievous device, but prevailed not._ Houbigant. Dr. Delaney is of opinion, that these words refer more especially in their primary sense to the Ammonites, and t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 21 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Thanks for the King's Victory, and Confidence of Further Triumphs. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 21:1-6, Recent Victory with Joy Acknowledged, Psalms 21:1-2; traced back to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:11 intended (a-3) Lit. 'spread out,' as 'extend,' Isaiah 66:12 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The title and authorship have been discussed under Psalms 20, to which this forms a sequel. Its contents include a thanksgiving to God for His blessings to the king (Psalms 21:1), an address to the ki...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THEY. — Better, _though they have intended evil against thee, have plotted mischief, they have no power at all. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 21:12]_ כִּי ־נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה חָֽשְׁב֥וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 21:1 This psalm is a pendant to the preceding. There the people prayed for the king; here they give thanks for him: there they asked that his desires might be fulfilled; here they bless Jehovah...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    REJOICING IN THE STRENGTH OF JEHOVAH Psalms 21:1 This is a companion to the psalm preceding. The blessings there asked for are here gladly acknowledged to have been granted; and bright anticipations...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The battle is over, the victory is won, and the assembled people sing the song of victory. This song, while it celebrates one victory, runs beyond it and praises Jehovah for all He has done for the ki...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For they (g) intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. (g) They laid as it were their nets to make God's power bend to their wicked enter...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Cast. This custom is noticed, (Genesis xxx. 3.) and frequently in Homer. Thou art my only Father, (Calmet) as I am born miraculously, and have been hitherto protected. I now suffer death, but thou wi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I do not interrupt the reading of these verses, that I may not swell the Commentary unnecessarily: they all refer to one and the same thing. The King Mediator having, by his own personal victories, es...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._For they have spread out. _In this verse David shows that the ungodly had deserved the awful ruin which he predicted would befall them, since they had not only molested mortal man, but had also ru...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 21 we get the full answer to Psalms 20 and its desires, in the exaltation of Christ, throwing its light back on the true character of that psalm. The king rejoices in Jehovah's strength and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THEY INTENDED EVIL AGAINST THEE,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised and r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. Ver. 11. _For they intended evil against thee_] Because against thy people. He that wr...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Their fruit shalt thou destroy_ Their children. God will take away both root and branch; the parents and all that wicked race. _For they intended evil against thee_ That is, against God; not directly...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For they intended evil against Thee, the figure being taken from the laying or stretching out of snares for the purpose of catching wild beasts; THEY IMAGINED A MISCHIEVOUS DEVICE, plans for bringing...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AGAINST THEE, i.e. against God, not directly, but by conseqence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, and against the Lord's people, whose injuries God takes as done to himself, MALACH...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 21:11 intended H5186 (H8804) evil H7451 devised H2803 (H8804) plot H4209 able H3201 (H8799)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE KING DECLARING HIS REWARD AND HIS SUCCESS BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YHWH (PSALMS 21:8). Psalms 21:8 Your hand will find out all your enemies, Your right hand will find out tho...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!_ See how greatly Christ rejoices, how full his heart is of gladness as he sees God's power...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Se...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Praise for blessing and confidence for further victory. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Let praise be the blossom of prayer. Though we cannot sing a note in honor of our own strength,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy._ The Targum here, and in other places, expressly names, “The King Messiah.” Psalms 21:3. _A crown of pure gold._ Here again, as in Psalms 19:10, the LXX read, and the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For they intended evil against Thee. .. which they are not able to perform._ A MEMORABLE INSTANCE OF INTENDED EVIL THAT THE WICKED WERE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM At Rome the news of this great blow (given...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The king shall Joy in Thy strength, O Lord; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice._ THE FEELINGS OF THE GOOD IN RELATION TO THE SUBJUGATION OF EVIL Take the literal view of this Psalm a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 21:8 When the king (YOU) lives by the Davidic ideal, God takes hostility against the king as hostility against himself. Thus the godly king is the tool of God’s WRATH....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “The prayer which the Church offers up at the conclusion of the preceding psalm now issues in a hymn of praise, the result of a believing view of the glory which is to follow, when Messia...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Psalms 21:1 is generally regarded as a companion composition to Psalms 20:1, being the thanksgiving after the victory for which the preceding psalm was the supplication. It consists of thr...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Again, to the chief musician, the psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and you have n...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 4:17; Acts 4:18; Acts 5:27; Acts 5:28; Ezekiel 11:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thee — Against God, not directly, but by consequence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, and against the Lord's people, whose injuries God takes as done to himself....

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