Psalms 11:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 11:2

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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ASV

For, 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;

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 60, on Psalm 10 (Alternate Series) (420)

For behold, the sinners have bent the bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, that they may shoot in the dark the upright of heart. For which it is written in the Hebrew, "For behold, the impious have bent the bow, they have set the arrow upon the string, that they may strike in the dark the upright of heart." Therefore, he says, you wish me to migrate to the mountains, because the sinners, or the impious, burning, have prepared arrows, which must be repelled with the shield of faith.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow - Perhaps these are more of the words of his advisers: Every thing is ready for thy destruction: the arrow that is to pierce thy heart is already set on the bow-string; and the person who hopes to despatch thee is concealed in ambush.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

How forcibly the case is put! The bow is bent, the arrow is fitted to the string: "Flee, flee, thou defenceless bird, thy safety lies in flight; begone, for thine enemies will send their shafts into thy heart; haste, haste, for soon wilt thou be destroyed!" David seems to have felt the force of the advice, for it came home to his soul; but yet he would not yield, but would rather dare the danger than exhibit a distrust in the Lord his God.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
הִנֵּ֪ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
הָרְשָׁעִ֡ים	ha.re.sha.'Im	the wicked	H7563 →
יִדְרְכ֬וּן	yid.re.Khun	they bend !	H1869 →
קֶ֗שֶׁת	Ke.shet	a bow	H7198 →
כּוֹנְנ֣וּ	ko.Nu	they have prepared	H3559 →
חִצָּ֣ם	chi.Tzam	arrow their	H2671 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יֶ֑תֶר	Ye.ter	[the] string	H3499 →
לִיר֥וֹת	li.Rot	to shoot	H3384 →
בְּמוֹ־	be.mov-	in	H1119 →
אֹ֝֗פֶל	'O.fel	darkness	H652 →
לְיִשְׁרֵי־	le.yish.rei-	to [people] upright of	H3477 →
לֵֽב׃	Lev	heart	H3820 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Psalms 21:12
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
leads to
- Psalms 7:12–13
  If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalms 18:40
  You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
Through
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:22
  “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Jeremiah 9:8
  Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Judges 2:10
  After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- Isaiah 59:13–15
  rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Through
Psalms 94:15
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
leads to
- Micah 7:9
  Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see…
Through
Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
leads to
- Proverbs 29:27
  An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

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