Psalms 21:12
\21:11\For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
11\21:10\Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
13\21:12\Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
Cross References
Job 16:12I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.
Psalms 9:3\9:2\I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
Psalms 18:40\18:39\For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
Psalms 56:9\56:8\You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
Isaiah 8:10Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 21:8-13
The Subject's Hope. 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a… Read the whole commentary →