Psalms 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said: 'I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.' Wherefore Saul said to David: 'Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through the one of the twain.'
Psalms 7:10(7-11) My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 21:12(21-13) For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.
Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way;
Psalms 64:4(64-5) That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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 →