For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
The wicked set their intention against God himself, aiming evil at Him and devising mischief in their minds as a deliberate contrivance. They imagine a crafty device intended to work harm against His government and purpose. Yet they are not able to carry out what they have planned, and their evil designs cannot succeed.
When He makes ready to act against them, He causes His enemies to turn their backs and flee in fear before Him. Unending torment cannot be true, for it would reverse the verse and make God appear as one who devised a plan He could not perform. To hold that doctrine would portray Him as conceiving a purpose of perpetual punishment that He is unable to carry out, which the verse denies.
The wicked set their intention against God himself, aiming evil at Him and devising mischief in their minds as a deliberate contrivance. They imagine a crafty device intended to work harm against His government and purpose. Yet they are not able to carry out what they have planned, and their evil designs cannot succeed.
When He makes ready to act against them, He causes His enemies to turn their backs and flee in fear before Him. Unending torment cannot be true, for it would reverse the verse and make God appear as one who devised a plan He could not perform. To hold that doctrine would portray Him as conceiving a purpose of perpetual punishment that He is unable to carry out, which the verse denies.