For they intended evil against you - literally, “They stretched out evil.” The idea seems to be derived from “stretching out” or la…

For they. —Better, though they have intended evil against you, have plotted mischief, they have no power at all.

The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from…

For they have spread out. In this verse, David shows that the ungodly had deserved the terrible ruin he predicted would come upon them, si…

For they intended evil against thee
All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ul…

The psalmist teaches us to look forward with faith, hope, and prayer to what God would do further. The success with which God blessed David was a t…

1. In the preceding psalm, a petition was made for the king’s exaltation; here, it is as though the psalmist, having been heard, now announc…