XI JEHOVAH A REFUGE AND DEFENCE
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
［1］ IN Jehovah do I take refuge:
How say ye to my soul,
Flee as 〖Or, ye birds.〗 a bird to your mountain;
［2］ For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string,
That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
［3］ If〖Or, For the foundations are destroyed; What hath the righteous wrought?〗 the foundations be destroyed,
What can the righteous do?
［4］ Jehovah is in his holy temple;
Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
［5］ Jehovah trieth the righteous;
But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
［6］ Upon the wicked he will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
［7］ For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness:〖Or, righteous deeds.〗
The〖Or, His countenance doth behold the upright.〗 upright shall behold his face.