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No Enemy Will Escape
Commentators emphasize that this verse is a powerful promise of God's ultimate justice. His hand, representing his active power, will find every single one of his enemies, no matter how they try to hide. This serves as both a warning to those who oppose God and a comfort to believers that evil will not have the final say.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 21:8
18th Century
Theologian
Your hand shall find out - That is, You will find out - the hand being the means by which we execute our purposes.
This verse begins …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 21:8
19th Century
Bishop
Yours. —The psalm has until now been addressed to Jehovah. It now turns in prophetic strain to the king.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 21:5–8
19th Century
Preacher
Honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenanc…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 21:8
16th Century
Theologian
Your hand shall find. Until now, the internal happiness of the kingdom has been described. Now follows, as was necessary, the celebration …
John Gill
On Psalms 21:8
17th Century
Pastor
Your hand shall find out all your enemies
The Jews, that would not have him to reign over them, who crucified him an…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 21:7–13
17th Century
Minister
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…