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11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. …
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)The psalmist, having taught his people to look back with joy and praise on what God had done for him and them, here teaches them to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer, upon what God would further do for them: The king rejoices in God (Ps. 21:1), and therefore we will be thankful; the king trusteth in God (21:7), therefore will we be encouraged. The joy and confidence of Christ our King…
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