Psalms 11:2
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.
KJV
Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.
Vulgate
Σῶσόν με, Κύριε· ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος, ὅτι ὠλιγώθησαν αἱ ἀλήθειαι ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
LXX
For, 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;
ASV
כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה הָ/רְשָׁעִ֡ים יִדְרְכ֬וּ/ן קֶ֗שֶׁת כּוֹנְנ֣וּ חִצָּ֣/ם עַל יֶ֑תֶר לִ/יר֥וֹת בְּמוֹ אֹ֝֗פֶל לְ/יִשְׁרֵי לֵֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:1 — And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Ps 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
- Ps 37:14 — The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
- Ps 37:14 — The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
- Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Ps 64:4 — That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.