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Psalms 21:8
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, describing the king’s vindication immediately following the affirmation of his unshakable trust in the preceding verse.
The words — תִּמְצָא (tim.Tza'), "it will find," appears twice, paired with יָדְךָ (Ya.de.kha, "your hand") and יְמִינְךָ (Ye.mi.ne.kha, "your right hand") to denote the active interception and capture of adversaries.
The thread — The theme of God’s decisive judgment on hostile forces runs through Psalms 110:1, Luke 19:27, and 1 Corinthians 15:25.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that opposition to God’s appointed ruler will be directly intercepted and consumed by His sovereign action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Cross-references
- Psalms 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Luke 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.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Psalms 72:9 May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
- Hebrews 10:28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Revelation 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.
- Psalms 2:9 You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Psalms 18:1 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- Psalms 89:22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
- Amos 9:2 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.