Psalms 21:12
Therefore shalt thou put them aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
13Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and prayse thy power.
Cross References
Job 16:12I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.
Psalms 9:3For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 18:40And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalms 56:9When I cry, then mine enemies shall turne backe: this I know, for God is with me.
Isaiah 8:10Take counsell together, yet it shall be brought to nought: pronounce a decree, yet shall it not stand: for God is with vs.
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 →