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Psalms 11:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 11:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 11:214 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִנֵּ֪הhinēh
there!particleH2009
lo · see
הָ/רְשָׁעִ֡יםhārəšāʿiym
the wickedparticleH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִדְרְכ֬וּ/ןyidərəkwn
they bend !verbH1869
bend · come · draw · go ···
קֶ֗שֶׁתqešet
a bownounH7198
arch · arrow · -shot)
כּוֹנְנ֣וּkwōnənw
they have preparedverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
חִצָּ֣/םḥiṣām
arrow theirnounH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יֶ֑תֶרyeter
the stringnounH3499
abundant · exceeding · excellancy · what they leave ···
לִ/יר֥וֹתliyrwōt
to shootpronH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
בְּמוֹbəmwō
inpronH1119
in into · through
אֹ֝֗פֶלʾōpel
darknessnounH652
obscurity · privily
לְ/יִשְׁרֵיləyišərēy
to people upright ofpronH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
לֵֽבlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 11:2

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. This title does not require a fresh consideration: for the meaning of, “to the end,” has already been sufficiently handled. Let us then look to the text itself of the Psalm, which to me appears to be sung against the heretics, who, by rehearsing and exaggerating the sins of many in the Church, as if either all or the majority among themselves were righteous, strive to turn and snatch us away from the breasts of the one True Mother…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 11 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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