Psalms 11:1
What does Psalms 11:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 11:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;
KJV
King James Version · 1611In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To the Overseer. --By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved <FI>to<Fi> Thy mountain for the bird?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
Context
v.1This passage
v.2For, 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;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 7:1
O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
- Psalms 16:1
Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.
- 1 Samuel 23:14
And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
- Proverbs 6:5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- 1 Samuel 19:11
And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
- Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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