Psalms 21:12 · KJV
“Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}”
— Psalms 21:12
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: {so} will we sing and praise thy power.
Psalms 21 — Context
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}
13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: {so} will we sing and praise thy power.
Cross References
Psalms 7:12-13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 18:40
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them {with} an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. {shall they...: Heb. their wound shall be}
Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Psalms 56:9
When I cry {unto thee}, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God {is} for me.
Psalms 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Job 16:12-13
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Psalms 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.