God’s Word Translation
Psalms 21:11
11Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.
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 appear, you will make them ⌞burn⌟ like a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them. 10You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among Adam’s descendants. Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed. 12They turn their backs ⌞and flee⌟ because you aim your bow at their faces. 13Arise, O Lord, in your strength. We will sing and make music to praise your 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 do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Psalms 10:2The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.
- Psalms 31:13I have heard the whispering of many people— terror on every side— while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.
- Psalms 35:20They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
- Jeremiah 11:18The Lord revealed their plot to me so that I would understand. He showed me what they were doing.
- Ezekiel 11:2Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city.
- Matthew 21:46They wanted to arrest him but were afraid of the crowds, who thought he was a prophet.
- Matthew 26:4They made plans to arrest Jesus in an underhanded way and to kill him.
- Acts 5:27When they brought back the apostles, they made them stand in front of the council. The chief priest questioned them.
- Psalms 83:4They say, “Let’s wipe out their nation so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
- Isaiah 7:6‘Let’s march against Judah, tear it apart, divide it among ourselves, and set up Tabeel’s son as its king.’
- Isaiah 8:9Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen, all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle, but be terrified. Prepare for battle, but be terrified.
- Matthew 2:8As he sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you have found him, report to me so that I may go and worship him too.”
- Matthew 27:63They said, “Sir, we remember how that deceiver said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be brought back to life.’
- Matthew 28:2Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake. An angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and was sitting on it.
- Acts 4:17So let’s threaten them. Let’s tell them that they must never speak to anyone about the one named Jesus. Then the news about the miracle that they have performed will not spread any further among the people.”
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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