Psalm 11:2 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

² For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, their shafts on string they fit, That those who upright are in heart they privily may hit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

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;

Common English Bible

² 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

² 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

² Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

Psalm 11:2 Cross References

Psalm 10:2

The wicked in his loftiness doth persecute the poor: In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure.

Psalm 125:4

Do thou to all those that be good thy goodness, Lord, impart; And do thou good to those that are upright within their heart.

Psalm 142:3

When in me was o'erwhelm'd my sp'rit, then well thou knew'st my way; Where I did walk a snare for me they privily did lay.

Psalm 21:12

Thou therefore shalt make them turn back, when thou thy shafts shalt place Upon thy strings, made ready all to fly against their face.

Psalm 32:11

Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, in him do ye rejoice: All ye that upright are in heart, for joy lift up your voice.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and bent their bow, to slay The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way.

Psalm 64:10

In God the righteous shall rejoice, and trust upon his might; Yea, they shall greatly glory all in heart that are upright.

Psalm 7:10

In God, who saves th' upright in heart, is my defence and stay.

Psalm 7:12

If he do not return again, then he his sword will whet; His bow he hath already bent, and hath it ready set:

Psalm 94:15

But judgment unto righteousness shall yet return again; And all shall follow after it that are right-hearted men.

Psalm 97:11

For all those that be righteous sown is a joyful light, And gladness sown is for all those that are in heart upright.