Psalms 11:2
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
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 →