Psalms 21:12

For they intended ra'ah against Thee; 1 they devised a plot, which they are not able to perform. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

In Context

11Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from ha'aretz, 1 and their zera from among Bnei Adam. 1

13Ki (therefore) shalt Thou make them turn their backs, 1 when Thou shalt aim Thine bowstrings at their faces. 1

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Cross References

Job 16:12I was at ease, but He hath shattered me; 1 He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, 1 and set me up for His mattarah (object of attack, target). 1

Psalms 9:3I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; 1 I will sing praise to Thy Shem, O Thou Elyon. 1

Psalms 18:40For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah; 1 Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me. 1

Psalms 56:9Thou hast acted as a sofer, recording my wanderings; 1 put Thou my tears into Thy wineskin; 1 are they not in Thy Sefer (Book)? 1

Isaiah 8:10Consult etzah (counsel, plan), and it shall come to naught; 1 speak the davar, and it shall not stand; 1 for Immanu El (G-d 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 →

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