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Psalms 11 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.

Time Period

Traditionally the reign of David, roughly 1010 to 970 BC, with the setting fitting a time of political danger

Location

Jerusalem, contrasted with the hill country wilderness where a hunted man could hide

Audience

Worshipping Israelites, especially those tempted to abandon the covenant community when conditions turned dangerous

Situation

Friends urge the singer to flee to the mountains because archers are shooting from the shadows and the foundations of ordinary justice have collapsed. He refuses, saying that God still sits enthroned and still examines every person.

Key Background

Fleeing to the hills was standard survival practice in ancient Judah, whose limestone ridges are riddled with caves that sheltered fugitives, so the advice in the opening lines is practical rather than cowardly. The image of God in his temple and on his throne draws on the belief that the earthly sanctuary mirrored a heavenly royal court where cases were heard and verdicts given. The fire and burning wind that fall on the wicked recall the destruction of Sodom and the scorching east wind off the desert, both familiar shorthand in Israel for sudden judgment.

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I have in Yahweh. So how can you say to me, "Fly away to the mountains like a

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Look — the are bending their bows, fitting their arrows to the string, ready to shoot from the shadows at those are

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When the are torn apart, what can the just do?

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Yahweh is in the that to him. Yahweh has his in the heavens. His eyes see everything; his every human being.

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Yahweh the just and the corrupt alike, and being anyone who loves

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On the corrupt he will down burning and sulfur; a will be what their

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Because Yahweh is and he loves actions. Those who with will

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