Psalm 11

¹In the Lord have I taken refuge; *how then can you say to me, “Fly away like a bird to the hilltop;

²For see how the wicked bend the bow and fit their arrows to the string, *to shoot from ambush at the true of heart.

³When the foundations are being destroyed, *what can the righteous do?”

⁴The Lord is in his holy temple; *the Lord’s throne is in heaven.

⁵His eyes behold the inhabited world; *his piercing eye weighs our worth.

⁶The Lord weighs the righteous as well as the wicked, *but those who delight in violence he abhors.

⁷Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire and burning sulphur; *a scorching wind shall be their lot.

⁸For the Lord is righteous; he delights in righteous deeds; *and the just shall see his face.