Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 21:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
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}
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: {so} will we sing and praise thy power.
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