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Psalms 21:11
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Though they intend to harm youand devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
They made evil plans against you, but their traps won't work.
Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
For they planned evil against You; They devised a [malevolent] plot And they will not succeed.
Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.
For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
Though they intended evil against YouAnd devised a scheme,They will not succeed.
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
All their plans to harm you will come to nothing.
You will destroy from the earth their descendants, rid humankind of their posterity;
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
That is because they made evil plans against you. They wanted to do things they could not do.
For they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
They make their plans, and plot against him, but they will not succeed.
Though they have plotted evil against you, though they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.
For they stretched forth evil against You; they imagined a plot; they cannot prevail,
For they inteded myschefe agaynst the, & ymagined soch deuyces, as they were not able to perfourme.
For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended euill against thee: they imagined a mischieuous deuice, which they are not able to performe.
For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: [but] they coulde not [bring it to passe.]
For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform.
For thei bowiden yuels ayens thee; thei thouyten counseils, whiche thei myyten not stablische.
For they intended evil against you; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.
Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.
If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
(20-12) For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
imagined: Psalms 2:1, Psalms 10:2, Psalms 31:13, Psalms 35:20, Jeremiah 11:18, Jeremiah 11:19, Ezekiel 11:2, Matthew 21:46, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 26:5, Acts 5:27, Acts 5:28
are not: Psalms 83:4, Isaiah 7:6, Isaiah 7:7, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 27:63, Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:2-6, Acts 4:17, Acts 4:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 50:17 - they did Job 5:12 - their hands Psalms 33:10 - he maketh Psalms 58:2 - in heart Psalms 62:3 - imagine Psalms 140:2 - imagine Proverbs 19:21 - many Proverbs 24:8 - General Isaiah 33:5 - The Lord Jeremiah 18:18 - Come Nahum 1:9 - do Zechariah 7:10 - imagine Acts 9:24 - And they Acts 23:15 - that he
Cross-References
Then Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live before You!"
Then the Lord visited Sarah as He had said and did for her as He had promised.
Sarah was able to have a child and she gave birth to a son when Abraham was very old. He was born at the time the Lord said it would happen.
The king filled with much sorrow. He went up to the room above the gate and cried. As he walked he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
"He who loves his father and mother more than Me is not good enough for Me. He who loves son or daughter more than Me is not good enough for Me.
There is no joy while we are being punished. It is hard to take, but later we can see that good came from it. And it gives us the peace of being right with God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they intended evil against thee,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised and reflected upon as a lawgiver; all sin is an hostility committed against God, or against Christ, against the Lord and his Anointed, or against his people, who are all one as himself: the intention of evil is evil, and is cognizable by the Lord, and punishable by him:
they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]; not the death of Christ; that was indeed in itself a mischievous device of theirs, but that they performed, though they had not their end in it; they expected his name would then perish, and they should hear no more of him: but rather it respects his resurrection from the dead, they could not prevent, though they took all imaginable care that them might be no show of it; and when they found he was really raised from the dead, they contrived a wicked scheme to stop the credit of it, but in vain, Matthew 27:63; and Jews and Gentiles, and Papists, have formed schemes and done all they can to root the Gospel, cause, and interest of Christ, out of the world, but have not been able to perform it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they intended evil against thee - literally, “They stretched out evil.” The idea seems to be derived from “stretching out” or laying snares, nets, or gins, for the purpose of taking wild beasts. That is, they formed a plan or purpose to bring evil upon God and his cause: as the hunter or fowler forms a purpose or plan to take wild beasts or fowls. It is not merely a purpose in the head, as our word “intended” would seem to imply; it supposes that arrangements had been entered into, or that a scheme had been formed to injure the cause of God - that is, through the person referred to in the psalm. The purposes of wicked men against religion are usually much more than a mere “intention.” The intention is accompanied with a scheme or plan in their own mind by which the act may be accomplished. The evil here referred to was that of resisting or overpowering him who was engaged in the cause of God, or whom God had appointed to administer his laws.
They imagined a mischievous device - They thought, or they purposed. The word rendered “mischievous device” מזמה mezimmâh - means properly “counsel, purpose; then prudence, sagacity;” then, in a bad sense, “machination, device, trick.” Gesenius, Lexicon. Proverbs 12:2; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 24:8.
Which they are not able to perform - literally, “they could not;” that is, they had not the power to accomplish it, or to carry out their purpose. Their purpose was plain; their guilt was therefore clear; but they were prevented from executing their design. Many such designs are kept from being carried into execution for the want of power. If all the devices and the desires of the wicked were accomplished, righteousness would soon cease in the earth, religion and virtue would come to an end, and even God would cease to occupy the throne.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 21:11. For they intended evil — Sinners shall not be permitted to do all that is in their power against the godly; much less shall they be able to perform all that they wish.
