Psalms 11:2

Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.

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In The King James Version

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

In Context

1Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David.

3They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said, “I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him.” And Saul said to David, “In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today.”

Psalms 7:10The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

Psalms 10:2I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

Psalms 21:12Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.

Psalms 37:14But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.

Psalms 64:4Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 11:2-4

Confidence in God. 1 In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Here is, I. David's fixed resolution to make God his confidence: In the Lord put I my trust, v. 1 . Those that truly fear God and serve him are welcome to put their trust in him, and shall not be made ashamed of… Read the whole commentary →

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