Psalm 11:2 - Tree of Life Version

² For look, the wicked bend the bow. They fix their arrow on the bowstring so they can shoot from the shadows at those who are upright in heart.

More versions

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.

Psalm 11:2 Cross References

Psalm 10:2

In pride the wicked hotly hunts the poor. Let them be caught in the plots they have planned.

Psalm 125:4

Do good, Adonai, to the good, and to those upright in their hearts.

Psalm 142:3

I pour out my complaint before Him, before Him I tell my trouble.

Psalm 21:12

Though they intended evil against You and devised a plot, they cannot succeed.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in Adonai and rejoice, you righteous, and shout for joy, all who are upright in heart.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.

Psalm 64:10

Then all men will fear. So they will declare the work of God, and ponder what He has done.

Psalm 7:10

Please, end the evil of the wicked and sustain the righteous. A just God examines hearts and minds.

Psalm 7:12

God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant every day.

Psalm 94:15

For rightness will be restored to justice, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.

Jeremiah 9:3

Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.

Matthew 26:4

They plotted together in order that they might seize Yeshua by stealth and kill Him.

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she may become a snare to him—and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David, “You can still become my son-in-law, even today, with the second one.”

1 Samuel 23:9

Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him, so he said to Abiathar the kohen, “Bring the ephod.”