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He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can`t perform their enterprise.
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God Actively Thwarts Evil
Commentators agree that this verse describes God's active intervention in the world. He sovereignly frustrates the clever schemes of deceitful and wicked people, ensuring their hands 'cannot perform their enterprise.' This is not a passive observation but a declaration of God's power to dismantle evil plots, showing He is a friend to the honest and worthy of our complete trust.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty—He foils them in their schemes, or makes their plans vain. This too was the result of cl…
19th Century
Anglican
So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. —Or, so that their hands can do nothing that is sound or of worth, can ac…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty Or, "it disappointeth"; that is, the rain, as some Jewish commentators
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13th Century
Catholic
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