Psalms 21:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. ”

• Psalms 21:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For 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 beas...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  For they (g) intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. (g) They laid as it were their nets to make God's power bend to their wicked ente...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XXI. A Thanksgiving for Royal Victory. The indications of date are the same as in Psalms 20, though the tone is less religious. Psalms 21:4 b . For the hyperbole cf. 1 Kings 1:31 ; Psalm...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  are not able to perform . could not accomplish.

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• Psalms 21:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. For they have spread out. In this verse David shows that the ungodly had deserved the awful ruin which he predicted would befall them, since they had not only molested mortal man, but ha...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform . For they intended evil - Sinners shall not be permitted to do all that is in their pow...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  A mischievous device, which, &c.— A mischievous device, but prevailed not. Houbigant. Dr. Delaney is of opinion, that these words refer more especially in their primary sense to the Ammonites...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Intended evil - against Israel's king. Literally, They inclined, or bent evil upon...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The title and authorship have been discussed under Psalms 20 , to which this forms a sequel. Its contents include a thanksgiving to God for His blessings to the king ( Psalms 21:1-7 ), an address to...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For they. — Better, though they have intended evil against thee, have plotted mischief, they have no power at all.

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• Psalms 21:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 21:1-13 This psalm is a pendant to the preceding. There the people prayed for the king; here they give thanks for him: there they asked that his desires might be fulfilled; here they bless...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Rejoicing in the Strength of Jehovah Psalms 21:1-13 This is a companion to the psalm preceding. The blessings there asked for are here gladly acknowledged to have been granted; and bright antic...

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• Psalms 21:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The battle is over, the victory is won, and the assembled people sing the song of victory. This song, while it celebrates one victory, runs beyond it and praises Jehovah for all He has done for the k...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I do not interrupt the reading of these verses, that I may not swell the Commentary unnecessarily: they all refer to one and the same thing. The King Mediator having, by his own personal victories, e...

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• Psalms 21:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  Psalms 19 Proper Psalm for Christmas Day ( Morning ). Psalms 19-21 = Day 4 ( Morning ).

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• Psalms 21:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For they intended evil against thee ,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised an...

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• Psalms 21:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. Ver. 11. For they intended evil against thee ] Because against thy people. He that...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Their fruit shalt thou destroy Their children. God will take away both root and branch; the parents and all that wicked race. For they intended evil against thee That is, against God; not directl...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Subject's Hope.       7 For the king trusteth in the L ORD , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Against thee, i.e. against God, not directly, but by conseqence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, and against the Lord's people, whose injuries God takes as done to himself, M...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Attention Now Turns To The King Declaring His Reward and His Success Because He Trusts In YHWH ( Psalms 21:8-12 ). Psalms 21:8 Your hand will find out all your enemies, Your right hand will fi...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION “The prayer which the Church offers up at the conclusion of the preceding psalm now issues in a hymn of praise, the result of a believing view of the glory which is to follow, when Mess...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 21:1-2 . The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lip...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Psalms 21:1 . The king shall joy. The Targum here, and in other places, expressly names, “The King Messiah.” Psalms 21:3 . A crown of pure gold. Here again, as in Psalms 19:10 , the LXX read,...

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• Psalms 21:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The king shall Joy in Thy strength, O Lord; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice. The feelings of the good in relation to the subjugation of evil Take the literal view of this Psal...

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• Psalms 21:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Psalms 21:1-19 is generally regarded as a companion composition to Psalms 20:1-19 , being the thanksgiving after the victory for which the preceding psalm was the supplication. It...

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• Psalms 21:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Confidence of Final Triumph

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• Psalms 21:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 4:17 ; Acts 4:18 ; Acts 5:27 ; Acts 5:28 ; Ezekiel 11:2 ; Isaiah 7:6 ; Isaiah 7:7 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Jeremiah 11:18 ; Jeremiah 11:19 ; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:8 ; Matthe...

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• Psalms 21:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thee — Against God, not directly, but by consequence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, and against the Lord's people, whose injuries God takes as done to himself.

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