Psalms 11:1

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. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain! 2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. 3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

Psalms 11:1 word by word

בַּֽיהוָ֨ה׀ חָסִ֗יתִי אֵ֭יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ לְנַפְשִׁ֑י נ֝֗וּדִי הַרְכֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• In the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I take refugeחָסָהchâsâh · to seek refugeH2620
• How thenאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• can you sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to meנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• Fleeנוּדnûd · to wanderH5110
• like a birdצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
• to your mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022

Cross-references for Psalms 11:1

• Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
• Psalms 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
• Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• Psalms 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
• Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
• 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
• Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
• 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
• 1 Samuel 20:38Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
• 1 Samuel 21:10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
• 1 Samuel 22:3From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
• 1 Samuel 23:14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
• 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
• Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find 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