Psalms 11:3
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 22:12and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Nehemiah 6:10Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
Daniel 3:15Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
John 11:8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
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 →