Commentary on Psalms Volume 1 John Calvin
Psalm 11
PSALM 11.
This psalm consists of two parts. In the first part, David recounts the severe assaults of temptation which he had encountered, and the state of distressing anxiety to which he had been reduced during the time of his persecution by Saul. In the second, he congratulates himself on the deliverance which God had granted him, and magnifies the righteousness of God in the government of the world.
To the chief musician. A Psalm of David.
Psalm 11:1-3
1. In Jehovah do I put my trust: how then say ye to my soul, Flee ye into your mountain as a bird? 2. Surely, behold! the ungodly shall bend 236 their bow, they have fixed their arrows upon the string, to shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 3. Truly, the foundations are destroyed: what 237 hath the righteous One done?
"Ont tendu l'arc." — Fr. "Have bent their bow."
"Mais que?" — Fr. "But what?"