< 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,
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your 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 lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot 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]
If the foundations be destroyed, 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.
The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
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].
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 He will send down [from the sky] flaming coals and burning sulfur, and send scorching hot winds to punish wicked people.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
7 Yahweh is righteous and he loves those who act righteously; righteous people are able to come into his presence.
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance beholdeth the upright.