Psalm 11

Names of God Bible

Psalm 11

For the choir director; by David.

¹I have taken refuge in Yahweh.
    How can you say to me:
        “Flee to your mountain like a bird?
²        Wicked people bend their bows.
            They set their arrows against the strings
                to shoot in the dark at people whose motives are decent.
³        When the foundations of life are undermined,
            what can a righteous person do?”

⁴Yahweh is in his holy temple.
    Yahweh’s throne is in heaven.
    His eyes see.
        They examine Adam’s descendants.
⁵Yahweh tests righteous people,
    but he hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.
⁶        He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people.
        He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
⁷Yahweh is righteous.
    He loves a righteous way of life.
        Decent people will see his face.