Psalm 21:12
“Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 21Meaning
God makes enemies turn back and aims against them; the martial image belongs to ancient royal victory poetry and is not tactical instruction for private violence or weapons use.
God’s judgment on hostile enemies
Verses 8–12 turn toward enemies, using severe ancient royal-war imagery of discovery, fire, destroyed posterity, failed plots, and enemies driven back.
Read carefully
God makes enemies turn back and aims against them; the martial image belongs to ancient royal victory poetry and is not tactical instruction for private violence or weapons use. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
God makes enemies turn back and aims against them; the martial image belongs to ancient royal victory poetry and is not tactical instruction for private violence or weapons use.