Psalms 21:8

Psalms 21:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those who hate You.

Context of Psalms 21:8

6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. 7For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved. Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them. 10Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men.

Psalms 21:8 word by word

תִּמְצָ֣א יָ֭דְךָ לְכָל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ יְ֝מִֽינְךָ תִּמְצָ֥א שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 21:8

• Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
• Psalms 18:1I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
• Psalms 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Psalms 89:22The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
• Psalms 110:1Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• 1 Samuel 25:29And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
• 1 Samuel 31:3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
• 2 Samuel 7:1And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
• Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
• Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
• 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
• Hebrews 10:28A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:
• Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

Commentaries on Psalms 21:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thine hand shall find out - Thy uncontrollable power shall find out all thine enemies, wheresoever hidden or howsoever secret. God knows the secret sinner, and where the workers of iniquity hide themselves.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thine hand shall find out - That is, Thou wilt find out - the hand being that by which we execute our purposes. This verse commences a new division of the psalm (see the introduction) - in which the psalmist looks forward to the complete and final triumph of God over “all” his enemies. He looks to this in connection with what God had done for him. He infers that he who had enabled him to achieve such signal conquests over his own foes and the foes of God…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 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 enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his favour, and delivers them from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12As long as even a single enemy opposed the king’s authority, God’s kingdom was not fully present. This prayer requests victory over all evil in the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The address is now made to the king. hand--denotes power, and right hand--a more active and efficient degree of its exercise. find out--reach, lay hold of, indicating success in pursuit of his enemies.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary