Psa 11 | LEB | STEP | For the music director. Of David. In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

Psalms 11

Confidence in Yahweh’s Righteousness

For the music director. Of David. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm}

1 In Yahweh I have taken refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
“Flee to your mountain like a bird”?
2 For look: The wicked ⌞string the bow⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “tread the bow,” that is, placing the foot on the bow to bend and string it}
They have fitted their arrow to the string,
to shoot from the darkness
at the upright of heart.
3 When the foundations are destroyed
what can the righteous do? ^{▼▼Or “what has the righteous done”}
4 Yahweh is in his holy temple;
Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne.
His eyelids see;
they test the children of humankind.
5 Yahweh tests the righteous,
but the wicked and the lover of violence
his soul hates.
6 He will rain coals ^{▼▼According to Symmachus (compare also Targum Psalms) a form slightly different from the MT’s “snares”} on the wicked.
Burning sulfur and scorching wind
will be the portion of their cup.
7 For Yahweh is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds.
The upright shall see his face.

Psalms 11

Confidence in Yahweh’s Righteousness

For the music director. Of David. ▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

For the music director. Of David. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm}