Psalm 11:2 {10:2}
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In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.

For, lo

Psalm 10:2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

Psalm 64:3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

Jeremiah 9:3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.

make

Psalm 21:12 For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

that

Psalm 10:8,9 He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. . . .

Psalm 64:5 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

Psalm 142:3 When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.

1 Samuel 18:21 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.

1 Samuel 23:9 Now when David understood that Saul secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, the priest: Bring hither the ephod.

Matthew 26:4 And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus and put him to death.

Acts 23:12-15 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . .

privily.

Psalm 7:10 Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart.

Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.

Psalm 64:10 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

Psalm 94:15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

Psalm 97:11 Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

Psalm 125:4 Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

Context
In the LORD I Take Refuge
1Unto the end. A psalm to David. 2In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.3For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.…
Cross References
Psalm 7:12
Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalm 10:8
He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

Psalm 64:3
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

Psalm 64:4
To shoot in secret the undefiled.

Psalm 125:4
Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

behold,
הִנֵּ֪ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

the wicked
הָרְשָׁעִ֡ים (hā·rə·šā·‘îm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

bend
יִדְרְכ֬וּן (yiḏ·rə·ḵūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

[their] bows;
קֶ֗שֶׁת (qe·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

they set
כּוֹנְנ֣וּ (kō·wn·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

their arrow
חִצָּ֣ם (ḥiṣ·ṣām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the string
יֶ֑תֶר (ye·ṯer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

to shoot
לִיר֥וֹת (lî·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

from
בְּמוֹ־ (bə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 1119: In, with, by

the shadows
אֹ֝֗פֶל (’ō·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 652: Darkness, gloom

at the upright
לְיִשְׁרֵי־ (lə·yiš·rê-)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

in heart.
לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
For behold, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.For, see, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart.

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;

For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

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.

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.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
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