In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.
Psalm 11:2 - The Scriptures 1998 For look! The wrong bend a bow, They set their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart. American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible because the wicked have already bent their bows; they’ve already strung their arrows; they are ready to secretly shoot those whose heart is right”? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men. |
In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.
Do good, O יהוה, to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts.
When my spirit grew faint within me, Then You know my path. In the way in which I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
For You make them turn their back, When You aim with Your bowstring toward their faces.
Be glad in יהוה and exult, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
The wrong have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cause the poor and needy to fall, To slay those who walk straightly.
The righteous rejoice in יהוה, And shall take refuge in Him, And all the upright in heart praise Him.
If one does not repent! He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and makes it ready,
For right-ruling returns man to righteousness, And all the upright in heart follow it.
“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.
And Sha’ul said, “Let me give her to him and let her be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines be against him.” So Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ