Psalms 21:8
You, the king, will find and capture all your enemies; you will seize everyone who hates you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
In Context
7For the king trusts in the Lord; he stands firm because of the trustworthy love of the Most High.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:29If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
2 Samuel 7:1By now the king was comfortable in his palace and the Lord had given him peace from all the enemy nations around him.
Psalms 16:8I have always kept the Lord in front of me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
Psalms 72:9Desert tribes will kneel before him; and his enemies will bite the dust.
Psalms 109:20May all this be the punishment of the Lord on my enemies, on those who speak evil of me.
Isaiah 10:10I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
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 →