Psalms 21:12
(21-13) For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13(21-14) Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.
Cross References
Job 16:12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Psalms 9:3(9-4) When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;
Psalms 18:40(18-41) Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.
Psalms 56:9(56-10) Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call; this I know, that God is for me.
Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; 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 →