Psalms 21:11
9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
12 For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- KJV
- For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- WEB
- For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
- ASV
- For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
- DARBY
- For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
- BLB
- For they stretched out against you [for] evil. They devised a plot; they will not prevail.
- ÅB
- For de har lagt onde planer mot deg;
de har tenkt ut onde råd.
De skal ikke lykkes. - OTB
- Selv om de planla ondt mot Deg
Og la en plan,
Skal de ikke lykkes. - B1930
- For de har grundet på ondt mot dig, de har uttenkt onde råd; de skal ikke makte noget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Read in contextPsalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in contextJeremiah 11:18–19
And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
Read in contextPsalms 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:6–7
‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
Read in contextIsaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Read in contextMatthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Read in contextMatthew 28:2–6
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
Read in context