Psalms 11:6
Because of the misery of the poor, 1 And because of the sighing of the needy, 1 Now will I arise, saith the Lord, 1 I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
5Who have said, We will magnify our tongue; 1 Our lips are our own: who is Lord of us? 1
Cross References
Genesis 43:34And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
1 Samuel 1:4And the day came, and Elkanah sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Peninnah and her children.
Job 18:10His snare is hidden in the earth, 1 And that which shall take him is by the path. 1
Job 20:23If by any means he would fill his belly, 1 Let God send upon him the fury of wrath; 1 Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him. 1
Job 27:22And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: 1 He would fain flee out of his hand. 1
Psalms 18:13Who will understand his transgressions? 1 Purge thou me from my secret sins. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 11:5-7
4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. The shaking of a tree (they say) makes it take the deeper and faster root. The attempt of… Read the whole commentary →