Psalms 11

1 For the music director: A psalm of David. Lord, you are my protection. So how can you tell me, “Fly away to the mountains like a bird”?

I trust that Yahweh will protect [MTY] me. So do not [RHQ] say to me, “You need to escape/flee to the mountains like birds do,

2 Look, the wicked are drawing their bows, loading them with arrows ready to shoot from the shadows at good people.

because wicked people have hidden in the darkness, they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows to shoot them at godly/righteous [IDM] people [like you].

3 When the foundations of society are destroyed, what can those who live right do?

When people are not punished for disobeying the laws, (what can righteous people do?/there is not much that righteous people can do.)” [RHQ]

4 The Lord is in his Temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. He keeps a close eye on everyone, watching them carefully.

But Yahweh is sitting on his throne in his sacred temple in heaven, and he [SYN] watches everything that people do.

5 The Lord examines both those who do right and those who do evil, but he hates those who love violence.

Yahweh examines what righteous people do and what wicked people do, and he hates those who like to perform violent actions [to injure others].

6 He will make blazing coals and sulfur rain down on the wicked; a scorching wind is what's coming on them.

He will send down [from the sky] flaming coals and burning sulfur, and send scorching hot winds to punish wicked people.

7 The Lord does what is right, and he loves those who live right. Those who do good will see him face to face.

Yahweh is righteous and he loves those who act righteously; righteous people are able to come into his presence.