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Psalm 11
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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Footnotes
In the LORD I Take Refuge
For the choirmaster. Of David.
1In 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 stringto shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. 3If the foundations are destroyed,what can the righteous do?”
4The LORD is in His holy temple;the LORD is on His heavenly throne.His eyes are watching closely;they examine the sons of men. 5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked;His soul hates the lover of violence. 6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur;a scorching wind will be their portion.
7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice.The upright will see His face.
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