Yes, ¹  they intend to do you harm; ²  they dream up a scheme, ³  but they do not succeed. ⁴ 

biblegateway Psa 21:11

Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.

Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.

biblegateway Psa 21:11

Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;

Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

bibleoremus Psa 21:11

If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

For they have aimed wicked blows at you; in spite of their plots they could not prevail;

biblegateway Psa 21:11

For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform .

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

biblegateway Psa 21:11

Yes, ¹  they intend to do you harm; ²  they dream up a scheme, ³  but they do not succeed. ⁴ 

¹ tn Or “for.”

² tn Heb “they extend against you harm.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 11 are taken as generalizing, stating factually what the king’s enemies typically do. Another option is to translate with the past tense (“they intended…planned”).

³ sn See Ps 10:2.

⁴ tn Heb “they lack ability.”