Psalms 11
11
Song of the Steadfast
For the Pure and Shining One by King David
The Advice to Flee
1My faith shelters my soul continually in Yahweh.
Why would you say to me:
“Run away while you can!
Fly away like a bird to hide in the mountains for safety.
2For your enemies have prepared a trap for you!
Can’t you see them hiding
in their place of darkness and shadows?
They’re set against all those who live upright lives.
3What can the righteous accomplish
when truth’s pillars are destroyed and law and order collapse?”
The Answer of Faith
4Yet Yahweh is never shaken # 11:4 This is an implied contrast made explicit from the text. This psalm shows the contrast between what can be shaken and what is unshakable. —
he is still found in his temple of holiness,
reigning as King Yahweh over all.
He closely watches and examines everything man does.
With a glance, his eyes # 11:4 The actual Hebrew is “his eyelids.” Some see the “eyelid” as the lid of the ark of the covenant, which was the mercy seat. examine every heart,
for his heavenly rule will prevail over all.
5Yahweh tests both the righteous and the wicked.
God’s very soul detests lovers of violence.
6He will # 11:6 Or “May he.” rain down upon them judgment for their sins.
A scorching wind will be their lot in life.
7But remember this: Yahweh is the Righteous One who loves
justice, and every godly one
will gaze upon his face!
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Confidence in Yahweh’s Righteousness
For the music director. Of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
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.#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.
3When the foundations are destroyed
what can the righteous do?#Or “what has the righteous done”
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 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.
7For Yahweh is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds.
The upright shall see his face.
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