Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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Themes 6 ▾
Heaven 4 Holiness 5 Judgment 5-6 Righteousness 5, 7 Sin 6 Justice and Mercy 6
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David human 1-7
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Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews 1× 4 City of God 1× 5 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 1× 6 Homilies on the Gospel of John 1× 7 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-7 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 4, 7 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 4 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-7
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Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
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What is Psalms 11 about?

Pressed by counselors urging him to flee to the mountains like a frightened bird, David answers in the eleventh psalm that he has put his trust in the LORD and will not run. He confesses that the LORD is in His holy temple and that His throne is in heaven, from which His eyes behold and test the children of men, the righteous and the wicked alike. Though the foundations be destroyed, the LORD tries the righteous but hates those who love violence, and He will rain judgment upon the wicked. The psalm answers fear with faith, for the upright shall behold His face, and God's steadfast rule is surer ground than flight.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 11
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 11
The Church Fathers on Psalms 11

Psalms 11

Psalms Chapter 11
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1In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;
2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
3If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
7For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
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What is Psalms 11 about?

Pressed by counselors urging him to flee to the mountains like a frightened bird, David answers in the eleventh psalm that he has put his trust in the LORD and will not run. He confesses that the LORD is in His holy temple and that His throne is in heaven, from which His eyes behold and test the children of men, the righteous and the wicked alike. Though the foundations be destroyed, the LORD tries the righteous but hates those who love violence, and He will rain judgment upon the wicked. The psalm answers fear with faith, for the upright shall behold His face, and God's steadfast rule is surer ground than flight.