Psalms 11:2

Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbor: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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

1Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for + 11:1 Gr. truths are become rare truth is diminished from among the children of men. 1

3Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words: 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

Psalms 7:10My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart. 1

Psalms 10:2Flee to the mountains as a sparrow? 1

Psalms 21:12Many + 21:12 Gr. calves bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round. 1

Psalms 37:14And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. 1

Psalms 64:4Blessed is he whom you have chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in your courts; we shall be filled with the good things of your house; your temple is holy. 1

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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