Psalms 21:11

For they intended evil against thee,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised and…

For they intended evil against thee - literally, “They stretched out evil.” The idea seems to be derived from “stretching out” or laying snares, nets, or gins, for the purpose of taking wild beasts.…

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…

Though they threaten thee with evil,

Though they devise a mischievous plan, they shall avail naught,

For thou shalt make them turn their backs,

Aiming with thy bowstrings against their faces.