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 · 2000

In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In 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 · 1862

To 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) · 1752

Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In 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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