Psalm 21:11

The Scriptures 1998

For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.

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In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.

Why do the gentiles rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness?

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ

For I hear the evil report of many; Fear is from all around; When they take counsel together against me, They plot to take away my life.

And having sent them to Bĕ

They have said, “Come, And let us wipe them out as a nation, And let the name of Yisra’ĕ

For they do not speak peace, But they devise words of deceit Against the peaceable ones of the land.

And seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowds, seeing they held Him to be a prophet.

And He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot wickedness and give evil counsel in this city,

Let his descendants be cut off, Their name be blotted out in the next generation.