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Psalm 21:8

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21:8You16 prevail over17 all your enemies;

your power is too great for those who hate you.18

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Footnotes

  1. 16 The king is now addressed. One could argue that the Lord is still being addressed, but v. 9 militates against this proposal, for there the Lord is mentioned in the third person and appears to be distinct from the addressee (unless, of course, one takes “Lord” in v. 9 as vocative; see the note on “them” in v. ). Verse 7 begins this transition to a new addressee by referring to both the king and the Lord in the third person (in vv. 1–6 the Lord is addressed and only the king referred to in the third person).
  2. 17 Heb “your hand finds.” The idiom pictures the king grabbing hold of his enemies and defeating them (see 1 Sam 23:17). The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 8–12 may be translated with the future tense, as long as the future is understood as generalizing.
  3. 18 Heb “your right hand finds those who hate you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Your hand will find out all your enemies;

your right hand will find out those who hate you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;

your right hand will seize your foes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your hand will capture all your enemies;

your right hand will seize those who hate you.

NLTNew Living Translation

You will capture all your enemies.

Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your hand will find all your enemies;

your right hand will find those who hate you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies:

Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.