Psalm 11 & 12
Psalm 11 (A Chapter a Day)
For the director of music. Of David.
1 In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
“Flee like a bird to your mountain.
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.
3 When the foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do [a] ?”
4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine them.
5 The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked [b] and those who love violence
his soul hates.
6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.
7 For the LORD is righteous,
he loves justice;
upright men will see his face.
- Psalm 11:3 Or what is the Righteous One doing
- Psalm 11:5 Or The LORD , the Righteous One, examines the wicked,
Psalm 12 (A Chapter a Day)
For the director of music. According to sheminith . A psalm of David. [a]
1 Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.2 Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their flattering lips speak with deception.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue
4 that says, “We will triumph with our tongues;
we own our lips [b] —who is our master?”
5 “Because of the oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says the LORD.
“I will protect them from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times.
7 O LORD, you will keep us safe
and protect us from such people forever.
8 The wicked freely strut about
when what is vile is honored among men.
- Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 12:4 Or / our lips are our plowshares
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