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you will aim at their faces with your bows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, <i>when</i> thou shalt make ready <i>thine arrows</i> upon thy strings against the face of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore You will make them turn their back; You will make ready <i>Your arrows</i> on Your string toward their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You will make them turn their back; You will take aim at their faces with Your bowstrings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For Thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt aim with Thy bowstrings at their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat]; You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you will put them to flight when you aim your bow at their faces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will make them run away by shooting your arrows at their faces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They turn their backs [and flee] because you aim your bow at their faces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will shoot his arrows at them and make them turn and run. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, you will make them retreat, when you aim your bow at their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For You make them turn their back, "" When You prepare Your strings against their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thou wilt set them the shoulder among thine being left, thou wilt prepare against their face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 20:13>For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For you shall place a scar on them; and you shall make ready your array against their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Put a scar within them and establish your preparation against their faces.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thou shalt make them turn their back, Thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou shalt make them <i>turn their</i> back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/21-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=2134" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/21.htm">After the Battle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: tə·šî·ṯê·mōw (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">You will put them to flight</a> <a href="/hebrew/7926.htm" title="7926: še·ḵem (N-ms) -- Shoulder. From shakam; the neck as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4340.htm" title="4340: bə·mê·ṯā·re·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Cord, string. From yathar; a cord or the string.">when Your bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: tə·ḵō·w·nên (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">is trained</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Proverbs 1:26-27</a></span><br />in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, / when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Isaiah 37:29</a></span><br />Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Exodus 15:9-10</a></span><br />The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ / But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-12.htm">Job 16:12-14</a></span><br />I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. / He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9</a></span><br />For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-41.htm">2 Samuel 22:41</a></span><br />You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-23.htm">Deuteronomy 32:23</a></span><br />I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Lamentations 3:12-13</a></span><br />He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Ezekiel 39:3</a></span><br />Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Joshua 10:10</a></span><br />And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">1 Samuel 7:10</a></span><br />As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a></span><br />His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them.</p><p class="hdg">therefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Psalm 9:3</a></b></br> When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm">Psalm 44:10</a></b></br> Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-9.htm">Psalm 56:9</a></b></br> When I cry <i>unto thee</i>, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God <i>is</i> for me.</p><p class="hdg">make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-20.htm">Job 7:20</a></b></br> I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-12.htm">Job 16:12,13</a></b></br> I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken <i>me</i> by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Lamentations 3:12</a></b></br> He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.</p><p class="hdg">back [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13</a></b></br> He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Psalm 18:14</a></b></br> Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/64-7.htm">Psalm 64:7</a></b></br> But God shall shoot at them <i>with</i> an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/4-2.htm">Aim</a> <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/psalms/18-39.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Bowstring</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Bowstrings</a> <a href="/psalms/18-5.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/psalms/3-6.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/psalms/21-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/40-13.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/psalms/10-17.htm">Preparest</a> <a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Strings</a> <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/21-10.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/64-3.htm">Aim</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/psalms/37-14.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Bowstring</a> <a href="/judges/16-7.htm">Bowstrings</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/psalms/30-1.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Face</a> <a href="/psalms/34-5.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Preparest</a> <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Strings</a> <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/21-1.htm">A thanksgiving for victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/21-7.htm">with confidence of further success</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For You will put them to flight</b><br>This phrase indicates divine intervention and victory over enemies. In biblical context, God often fights on behalf of His people, as seen in battles throughout the Old Testament, such as the defeat of the Egyptians at the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Exodus 14:27-28</a>). The imagery of putting enemies to flight suggests a complete and overwhelming victory, emphasizing God's power and sovereignty. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of divine kingship, where the king's success in battle was attributed to the favor of their deity.<p><b>when Your bow is trained upon them</b><br>The bow is a symbol of God's judgment and might. In ancient warfare, the bow was a crucial weapon, representing precision and strength. This imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Habakkuk 3:9</a>, where God's bow is prepared for battle. The phrase suggests that God is actively engaged in the conflict, ensuring the defeat of His enemies. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who will ultimately defeat all evil, as prophesied in <a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a>, where Christ is depicted as a warrior king. The focus on God's direct action underscores His role as the ultimate protector and deliverer of His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/21.htm">Psalm 21</a>, King David is expressing gratitude and confidence in God's deliverance and protection.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_israel.htm">Enemies of Israel</a></b><br>The adversaries who oppose David and, by extension, the people of God. They are the ones being put to flight.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure who acts as the divine warrior, defending His people and ensuring victory over their enemies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_protector.htm">God as Protector</a></b><br>God actively defends His people, ensuring their safety and victory over adversaries.<br><br>Believers can trust in God's power to protect them from spiritual and physical threats.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>God’s justice is evident as He turns the plans of the wicked against them.<br><br>We can find comfort in knowing that God will ultimately right the wrongs and bring justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The imagery of God aiming His bow reminds us of the spiritual battles we face.<br><br>We are called to rely on God's strength and not our own in these battles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confidence_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Confidence in God’s Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as David was confident in God’s deliverance, we too can have confidence that God will deliver us from our trials.<br><br>This confidence should lead us to praise and worship God for His faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_gun_control.htm">What is the Bible's stance on gun control?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_international_house_of_prayer.htm">What is the International House of Prayer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_46_9_align_with_ongoing_wars.htm">How does the promise that God makes wars cease (Psalm 46:9) align with the unceasing record of global conflicts throughout history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_a_ladder_to_heaven_exist_today.htm">How could a physical ladder to heaven exist, given what we now know about space and distance (Genesis 28:12)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(</span>12<span class= "ital">)</span> <span class= "bld">Therefore.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">for thou shalt put them shoulder </span>(<span class= "ital">pones eos dorsum, </span>Vulg.). <span class= "ital">Upon thy strings thou shalt aim against the face of them. </span>Ewald renders: "Shalt strike them back;" but the English version seems to explain rightly To "give the neck of an enemy" (<a href="/psalms/18-4.htm" title="The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.">Psalm 18:4</a>) is a similar form of expression.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back</span>; literally, <span class="accented">their neck</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Psalm 18:40</a>). The meaning is simply, "Thou shalt put them to flight." When thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. The Authorized Version, by supplying "when" and "thine arrows," expresses what the psalmist has left to the intelligence of the reader. The psalmist says, "Thou shalt put them to flight; thou shalt make ready upon thy strings against the face of them, no doubt meaning that the discharge of arrows would produce the hasty flight, but not saying it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/21-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֭י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will put them to flight</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šî·ṯê·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when Your bow</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mê·ṯā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4340.htm">Strong's 4340: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, the string</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is trained</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּכוֹנֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḵō·w·nên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalm 21:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/21-12.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 21:12 For you will make them turn their (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/21-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 21:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 21:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/21-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 21:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 21:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>