📖 Psalms — Chapter 11 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Psalms 11:1 RIn the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Psalms 11:2 RFor, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may Tprivily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 11:3 RIf the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psalms 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: Rhis eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Psalms 11:5 The LORD Rtrieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Psalms 11:6 RUpon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and Tan horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 11:7 RFor the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 11:1–3 — Trust when foundations shake
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker trusts the Lord while others advise flight from threatening enemies. Their question about destroyed foundations captures the fear that ordinary protections have collapsed. The psalm answers this crisis by turning toward God's rule, not by treating every practical act of seeking safety as faithlessness.
Key Truth: God remains trustworthy when familiar foundations shake.
Check What You Remember
1. In whom does the speaker trust? (Psalms 11:1)
Find it in Psalms 11:1 (KJV).
2. What birdlike action is advised? (Psalms 11:1)
Find it in Psalms 11:1 (KJV).
3. What do the wicked bend? (Psalms 11:2)
Find it in Psalms 11:2 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 11:4–5 — The Lord sees and tests
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
God is pictured in his holy temple with his throne in heaven, observing humanity. The righteous are tested, and violence is opposed. God's apparent distance does not imply ignorance or indifference; the psalm's central answer is that human conduct remains before his searching eyes.
Key Truth: God sees human conduct and opposes violence.
Check What You Remember
1. Where is the Lord's throne? (Psalms 11:4)
Find it in Psalms 11:4 (KJV).
2. Whom does the Lord try? (Psalms 11:5)
Find it in Psalms 11:5 (KJV).
3. What does the wicked person love? (Psalms 11:5)
Find it in Psalms 11:5 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 11:6–7 — Righteousness and final justice
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The psalm uses storm and fire imagery for judgment upon wickedness. It closes by affirming that the righteous Lord loves righteousness and beholds the upright. Hope rests in God's character and judgment rather than in the assumption that violent people will always hold power.
Key Truth: The righteous Lord loves righteousness.
Check What You Remember
1. What weather image accompanies judgment? (Psalms 11:6)
Find it in Psalms 11:6 (KJV).
2. What does the Lord love? (Psalms 11:7)
Find it in Psalms 11:7 (KJV).
3. Whom does his countenance behold? (Psalms 11:7)
Find it in Psalms 11:7 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Habakkuk 2:20 — God's holy temple calls the earth to reverence.
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Reflect and Apply
What fear about unstable circumstances can you bring before the God who still sees and rules?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does the opening distinguish trust from counsel to flee?
2. What makes the threat more than an open contest?
3. How does the heavenly throne answer anxiety about earthly foundations?
4. What distinction is made in the LORD’s response to people?
5. How does the closing ground the upright person’s hope?
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