Psalm 11

Living Bible

11 How dare you tell me, “Flee^[a] to the mountains for safety,” when I am trusting in the Lord?

²For the wicked have strung their bows, drawn their arrows tight against the bowstrings, and aimed from ambush at the people of God. ³“Law and order have collapsed,”^[b] we are told. “What can the righteous do but flee?”

⁴But the Lord is still in his holy temple; he still rules from heaven. He closely watches everything that happens here on earth. ⁵He puts the righteous and the wicked to the test; he hates those loving violence. ⁶He will rain down fire and brimstone on the wicked and scorch them with his burning wind.

⁷For God is good, and he loves goodness; the godly shall see his face.^[c]

Notas al pie

Psalm 11:1 Flee, literally, “Flee as a bird.”
Psalm 11:3 Law and order have collapsed, literally, “If the foundations have been torn down.”
Psalm 11:7 the godly shall see his face, or “his face shines down in mercy and joy upon the good.”