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Psalm 11

1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

1 I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

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.

2 The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.

3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

3 The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”

4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

4 But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.

5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

5 The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

6 He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.

7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

7 For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.