11:1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In the Lord have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

11:3 When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

11:4 the Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

11:5 the Lord trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

11:6 Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7 For the Lord is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.



Hebrew Transliteration

11:1 lamnatsêach ledhâvidh bayhvh châsiythiy 'êykh to'mru lenaphshiy.nudhu [nudhiy] harkhem tsippor

11:2 kiy hinnêh hâreshâ`iym yidhrekhunqesheth konenu chitsâm `al-yether liyroth bemo-'ophel leyishrêy-lêbh

11:3 kiyhashâthoth yêhârêsun tsaddiyq mah-pâ`âl

11:4 Adonay behêykhal qodhshoAdonay bashâmayim kis'o `êynâyv yechezu `aph`appâyv yibhchanubenêy 'âdhâm

11:5 Adonay tsaddiyq yibhchân verâshâ` ve'ohêbh châmâssân'âh naphsho

11:6 yamthêr `al-reshâ`iym pachiym 'êsh veghophriyth veruachzil`âphoth menâth kosâm

11:7 kiy-tsaddiyq Adonay tsedhâqoth 'âhêbhyâshâr yechezu phânêymo


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a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

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