King James Version
Psalms 11:1
1In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Psalms 11:1 in other versions
- 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”?
- New Living Translation (NLT)I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!
Context of Psalms 11:1
In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3If the foundations be 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
Cross-references for Psalms 11:1
- Psalms 7:1O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
- Psalms 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 31:14But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
- Psalms 56:11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand.
- Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- 1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
- 1 Samuel 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- 1 Samuel 21:10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 22:3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
- 1 Samuel 23:14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I 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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