for behold, the wicked (A)bend the bow;
    (B)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if (C)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”[a]

(D)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's (E)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids (F)test the children of man.
The Lord (G)tests the righteous,
    but (H)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?

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