Psalms 21:11

Psalms 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
• New International Version (NIV)Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

Context of Psalms 21:11

9Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: 10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute. 12For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face. 13Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

Psalms 21:11 word by word

כִּי־נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה חָֽשְׁב֥וּ מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה בַּל־יוּכָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 21:11

• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Psalms 10:2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
• Psalms 31:13For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
• Psalms 35:20For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
• Jeremiah 11:18And Jehovah hath given me knowledge, and I know [it]; then thou shewedst me their doings.
• Ezekiel 11:2And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:
• Matthew 21:46And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
• Matthew 26:4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
• Acts 5:27And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,
• Psalms 83:4They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
• Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein — the son of Tabeal;
• Isaiah 8:9Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
• Matthew 2:8and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.
• Matthew 27:63saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.
• Matthew 28:2And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of [the] Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
• Acts 4:17But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

Commentaries on Psalms 21:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For 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. That is, they formed a plan or purpose to bring evil upon God and his cause: as the hunter or fowler forms a purpose or plan to take wild beasts or fowls. It is not merely a purpose in the head, as our word “intended” would seem to imply; it supposes that…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. 1111. This terrible overthrow, reaching to posterity, is due to their crimes (Ex 20:5, 6).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 21:11

• Malice

In the dictionaries

• Countenance
• Gall
• Intend
• Bible, the
• Imagine
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Satan, Synagogue of
• Messiah

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