Psalms 21:8
6 For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
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.
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
- Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
- KJV
- Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- WEB
- Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
- ASV
- Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.
- DARBY
- Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- BLB
- Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those hating You.
- ÅB
- Din hånd skal finne alle dine fiender,
din høyre hånd skal finne de som hater deg. - OTB
- Din hånd skal nå alle dine fiender;
Din høyre hånd skal gripe dem som bærer hat mot deg. - B1930
- Din hånd skal finne alle dine fiender, din høire hånd skal finne dine avindsmenn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 110:1–2
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Read in contextLuke 19:27
And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
Read in contextHebrews 10:28–29
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Read in contextRevelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Read in contextPsalms 72:9
May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Read in contextPsalms 89:22–23
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
Read in contextLuke 19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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