Psalm 11 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Refuge in the Lord

For the choir director. Of David.

11 I have taken refuge in the Lord.^(A)
How can you say to me,
‘Escape to the mountains^[a] like a bird!^(B)
²For look, the wicked string bows;
they put their arrows on bowstrings
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.^(C)
³When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do? ’^(D)

⁴The Lord is in his holy temple;^(E)
the Lord – his throne is in heaven.^(F)
His eyes watch;
his gaze^[b] examines everyone.^[c]
⁵The Lord examines the righteous,
but he hates the wicked
and^[d] those who love violence.^(G)
⁶Let him rain burning coals^[e] and sulphur on the wicked;
let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.^(H)
⁷For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see his face.^(I)

Footnotes

11:1 Lit your mountain
11:4 Lit eyelids
11:4 Or examines the descendants of Adam
11:5 Or righteous and the wicked, and he hates
11:6 Sym; MT reads rain snares, fire

Cross references

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)