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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_....
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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...
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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)...
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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....
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ARE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM. could not accomplish....
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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_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,...
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21:11 intended (a-3) Lit. 'spread out,' as 'extend,' Isaiah 66:12 ....
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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...
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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...
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FOR THEY. — Better, _though they have intended evil against thee,
have plotted mischief, they have no power at all.
_...
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_[Psalms 21:12]_ כִּי ־נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה
חָֽשְׁב֥וּ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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Psalms 19
_ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 4:17; Acts 4:18; Acts 5:27; Acts 5:28; Ezekiel 11:2;...
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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....