For lo, the wicked bend their bow, and make ready their arrows upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at them which are upright in heart.

For the [a]foundations are cast down, what hath the [b]righteous done?

The Lord is in his holy palace; the Lord’s throne is in the heaven; his eyes [c]will consider; his eyelids will try the children of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:3 All hope of succor is taken away.
  2. Psalm 11:3 Yet am I innocent and my cause good.
  3. Psalm 11:4 Though all things in earth be out of order, yet God will execute judgment from heaven.

For look, the wicked bend their bows;(A)
    they set their arrows(B) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(C)
    at the upright in heart.(D)
When the foundations(E) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;(F)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(G)
He observes everyone on earth;(H)
    his eyes examine(I) them.

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