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Psalm 21:11 KJV
Psalms · chapter 21 · verse 11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.Psalm 21:11 · King James Version
Psalm 21:11 in context
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
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Key words (Strong's)
- intendednâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- imaginedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- devicemᵉzimmâha plan, usually evil , sometimes goodH4209 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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The psalmist, having taught his people to look back with joy and praise on what God had done for him and them, here teaches them to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer, upon what God would further do for them: The king rejoices in God (Psa 21:1), and therefore we will be thankful;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13