The Bible in Its Traditions

Psalms 11:1–7

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For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In YHWH have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

title  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

IN the LORD put I my trust; how say you to me, Flee as a bird to the mountains?

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For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

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When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

For if they have destroyed the foundations which the LORD has prepared, what can the righteous do?

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YHWH is in His holy temple, YHWH, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

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YHWH trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Ps10:5  The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

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Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

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For YHWH is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

For the Lord is righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.

Ps10:7  For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.