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,

Dem Sangmeister. Von David. / Auf Jahwe trau ich! / wie könnt ihr mir da raten: / Flieh wie ein Vogel ins Gebirge!

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].

Denn sieh, die Frevler spannen den Bogen, / sie haben den Pfeil auf die Sehne gelegt, / Im Dunkeln zu schießen auf solche, die redlichen Herzens sind.

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]

Wenn die Grundpfeiler niederstürzen, / Was vermöchte da der Gerechte?"

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

Jahwe wohnt in seinem heiligen Tempel, / Jahwes Thron ist im Himmel: / Seine Augen schauen, / Seine Blicke prüfen die Menschenkinder.

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].

Jahwe prüft den Gerechten; / Die Frevler und alle, die Unrecht lieben, die hasset er.

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

Er läßt auf die Frevler Feuerkohlen und Schwefel regnen, / Versengender Glutwind ist ihr Teil.

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

Denn Jahwe ist gerecht, er liebt Gerechtigkeit. / Die Frommen schauen sein Angesicht!