Psalm 21:11

Translations

Modern

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Traditional

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Literal

For they stretched out against you for evil. They devised a plot; they will not prevail.

Latin

…quoniam declinaverunt in te mala; cogitaverunt consilia quæ non potuerunt stabilire.

Original

Hebrew

English

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Notes

Psalms 21:8–12

As long as even a single enemy opposed the king’s authority, God’s kingdom was not fully present. This prayer requests victory over all evil in the world.

Psalms 21:1–13

God’s people thank him for giving victory to the king.

Psalms 20:1–24:10

This series of psalms shows a journey from confidence and commitment (Psalms 20–21), through anguish and abandonment (Psalm 22), and finally to comfort, insight, and hope (Psalms 23–24).

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