Psalms 21:11

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

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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,...
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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are not able to perform . could not accomplish.
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, s...
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 sha...
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...
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...
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 bles...
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 tha...
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 a...
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...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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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,...
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 a...
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 ev...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Subject's Hope. 7 For the king trusteth in the L ORD , and throug...
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...
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 f...
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 believi...
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 desi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 21:1 . The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! See how greatly Christ rejoices, how...
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...
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 subjug...
The Biblical Illustrator

For they intended evil against Thee. .. which they are not able to perform. A memorable instance of intended evil that the wicked were not able t...
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 w...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Confidence of Final Triumph
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For they intended evil against Thee, the figure being taken from the laying or stretching out of snares for the purpose of catching wild beasts; the...
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 ; Jerem...
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 inj...

¹¹ For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 21:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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