Psalms 11

1 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,

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. I take refuge in Yahweh; how will you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountain”?

2 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].

For see! The wicked prepare their bows. They make ready their arrows on the strings to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart.

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

For if the foundations are ruined, what can the righteous do?

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

Yahweh is in his holy temple; his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind.

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

Yahweh examines both the righteous and the wicked, but he hates those who love to do violence.

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

He rains burning coals and brimstone upon the wicked; a scorching wind will be their portion from his cup!

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

For Yahweh is righteous, and he loves righteousness; the upright will see his face.