Psalms 11:2
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous — what hath he done?
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:21and Saul saith, 'I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, 'By the second — thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.'
Psalms 7:10My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalms 21:12For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.
Psalms 37:14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
Psalms 64:4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot 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 →