Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 21:11
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.
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.
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...
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)...
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....
ARE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM. could not accomplish....
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....
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....
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...
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...
_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,...
21:11 intended (a-3) Lit. 'spread out,' as 'extend,' Isaiah 66:12 ....
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...
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...
FOR THEY. — Better, _though they have intended evil against thee, have plotted mischief, they have no power at all. _...
_[Psalms 21:12]_ כִּי ־נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה חָֽשְׁב֥וּ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...
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...
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...
Psalms 21:11 intended H5186 (H8804) evil H7451 devised H2803 (H8804) plot H4209 able H3201 (H8799)...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_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 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Acts 4:17; Acts 4:18; Acts 5:27; Acts 5:28; Ezekiel 11:2;...
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....