New Living Translation
Psalms 21:11
11Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never 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
9You will throw them in a flaming furnace when you appear. The Lord will consume them in his anger; fire will devour them. 10You will wipe their children from the face of the earth; they will never have descendants. Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed. 12For they will turn and run when they see your arrows aimed at them. 13Rise up, O Lord, in all your power. With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
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 the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
- Psalms 10:2The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
- Psalms 31:13I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.
- Psalms 35:20They don’t talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
- Jeremiah 11:18Then the Lord told me about the plots my enemies were making against me.
- Ezekiel 11:2The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.
- Matthew 21:46They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
- Matthew 26:4plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
- Acts 5:27Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them.
- Psalms 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
- Isaiah 7:6‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’
- Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
- Matthew 2:8Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
- Matthew 27:63They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’
- Matthew 28:2Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.
- Acts 4:17But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”
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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