King James Version
Psalms 21:8 in the King James Version says “Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.”
Psalms 21:8 · KJV
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. made him most: Heb. set him to be blessings made him exceeding: Heb. make him glad with joy
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: 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 among the children of men.
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“shall find out”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“Thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thy right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
“shall find out”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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