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Psalm 11

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Confidence in Yahweh’s Righteousness

11For the music director. Of David.a

1In Yahweh I have taken refuge;

how can you say to my soul,

“Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

2For look: The wicked string the bow.b

They have fitted their arrow to the string,

to shoot from the darkness

at the upright of heart.

3When the foundations are destroyed

what can the righteous do?c

4Yahweh is in his holy temple;

Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne.

His eyelids see;

they test the children of humankind.

5Yahweh tests the righteous,

but the wicked and the lover of violence

his soul hates.

6He will rain coalsd on the wicked.

Burning sulfur and scorching wind

will be the portion of their cup.

7For Yahweh is righteous;

he loves righteous deeds.

The upright shall see his face.

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Footnotes

  1. aThe Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. bLiterally “tread the bow,” that is, placing the foot on the bow to bend and string it
  3. cOr “what has the righteous done”
  4. dAccording to Symmachus (compare also Targum Psalms) a form slightly different from the MT’s “snares”