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Psalms 21:11
11They decided to hurt you. They thought how they would do that. But they could not do anything bad against you.
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
9When you come out to fight against them, you will destroy them like a hot fire. The Lord destroys them, because you are angry with them. 10You will remove your enemies' children from the earth. They will no longer have any descendants. They decided to hurt you. They thought how they would do that. But they could not do anything bad against you. 12No! You shoot your arrows at them, so that they turn round and they run away! 13Get up, Lord, and show your strength! We will sing to praise you because you have great power.
Read all of Psalms 21Psalms 21:11 word by word
כִּי־נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה חָֽשְׁב֥וּ מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה בַּל־יוּכָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 21:11
- Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
- Psalms 10:2Wicked people are cruel to poor people. They use their evil ideas to take hold of weak people.
- Psalms 31:13I hear what many people are saying against me. News from everywhere makes me afraid. They are deciding together how to kill me.
- Psalms 35:20They do not talk in a way that brings peace. Instead, they try to deceive people who want to live quietly.
- Jeremiah 11:18The Lord showed me what the people were doing. He helped me to understood what was really happening.
- Ezekiel 11:2The Lord said to me. ‘Son of man, these are the men who decide to do evil things in this city. They also give wicked advice to the people.
- Matthew 21:46They wanted to take hold of him and put him in prison. But they did not try to do it because they were afraid of the people. The people thought that Jesus was a prophet from God.
- Matthew 26:4They wanted to kill Jesus. But they wanted to take hold of him secretly. So they tried to decide how they could do that.
- Acts 5:27The police brought the apostles into the meeting room. They made them stand in front of the group of Jewish leaders. The most important priest said to the apostles,
- Psalms 83:4They say, ‘Come now! We will destroy them. They will no longer be a nation. Nobody will remember the name of Israel any more.’
- Isaiah 7:6They are saying, ‘We must attack Judah. We will frighten the people and we will take their country for ourselves. We will make the son of Tabeel rule there as king.’
- Isaiah 8:9You foreign nations must listen to this! Join together to fight. Shout as you go to battle. But you will never win! You people from countries that are far away, get ready for war. But you will be completely destroyed!
- Matthew 2:8Herod sent the men to Bethlehem. He said to them, ‘Go and look everywhere for this child. When you find him, come back here and tell me where he is. Then I can also go and worship him.’
- Matthew 27:63They said to him, ‘Sir, that man told lies. When he was still living, he said, “Three days after I die, I will become alive again.” We know that is what he said.
- Matthew 28:2At that moment, the ground moved about very strongly. One of the Lord God's angels came from heaven. He went to the rock. He rolled the big stone away from the hole and then he sat on top of it.
- Acts 4:17But we do not want any more people to know what has happened. So we must say to these men, “You must stop using the name of Jesus. You must stop teaching people about him.” ’
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
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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
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