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Psalms 11:1
1In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain;
Psalms 11:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
- New International Version (NIV)In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?
Context of Psalms 11:1
In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain; 2For look, the wicked are bending the bow; They take aim with their arrow on the string To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart. 3If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed, What can the righteous do?”
Read all of Psalms 11Psalms 11:1 word by word
בַּֽיהוָ֨ה׀ חָסִ֗יתִי אֵ֭יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ לְנַפְשִׁ֑י נ֝֗וּדִי הַרְכֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 11:1
- Psalms 7:1O Lord my God, in You I take refuge; Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,
- Psalms 9:10And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
- Psalms 16:1Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence], Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed; Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 31:14But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord; I said, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 56:11In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 2 Chronicles 14:11Asa called out to the Lord his God, saying, “O Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and the weak; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in and rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and Lubim a huge army with a great number of chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, He placed them in your hand.
- Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
- 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
- 1 Samuel 20:38And Jonathan called out after the boy, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy picked up the arrow and came back to his master.
- 1 Samuel 21:10Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 22:3And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come [out of Judah] and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”
- 1 Samuel 23:14David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.
- 1 Samuel 27:1But David said in his heart, “Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all].”
- Psalms 55:6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
Commentaries on Psalms 11:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye - Some of David's friends seem to have given him this advice when they saw Saul bent on his destruction: "Flee as a bird to your mountain;" you have not a moment to lose; your ruin is determined; escape for your life; get off as swiftly as possible to the hill-country, to some of those inaccessible fortresses best known to yourself; and hide yourself there from the cruelty of Saul. To which advice he answers, "In the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the Lord put I my trust - This, in general, expresses the state of mind of the author - a state of feeling which runs through the entire psalm. It is designed to be an answer to the counsel which others had been giving him to escape, and it implies that he was determined at that time, and always, to put his trust in God. They advised him to flee. In the existing circumstances he felt that that would have implied a want of confidence in God. He…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David's struggle with, and triumph over a strong temptation to distrust God, and betake himself to indirect means for his own safety, in a time of danger. --Those that truly fear God and serve him, are welcome to put their trust in him. The psalmist, before he gives an account of his temptation to distrust God, records his resolution to trust in Him, as that by which he was resolved to live and die. The believer, though not terrified by his enemies, may…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1God offers protection (refuge; see Psalms 5:11; 9:9; 25:20) when justice fails. The mountains offer another place of refuge (see Psalm 121:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71. my soul--me (Psa 3:2). Flee--literally, "flee ye"; that is, he and his companion. as a bird to your mountain--having as such no safety but in flight (compare 1Sa 26:20; La 3:52).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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