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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 11:2

Verse Psalms 11:2. 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.

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See also Psalms 11:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR, LO, THE WICKED BEND THEIR BOW - These are to he regarded as the words of the persons referred to in the previous verse, who had advised the persecuted psalmist to flee to the mountains. In this v...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 11 __ 1. Faith's resources in the day of trouble (Psalms 11:1) 2. The recompense for the righteous and the wicked (Psalms 11:5) Psal

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XI. YAHWEH THE SURE REFUGE. Psalms 11:1. The problem stated. The wicked are bold: the righteous cannot meet their attack. They can but flee like a little bird (the habitual meaning of the word transla...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE WICKED. the lawless ones. Hebrew. _rasha. '._ PRIVILY. in the darkness. THE UPRIGHT. upright ones....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 11 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Faith's Brave Answer to the Counsels of Fear. ANALYSIS Stanza, Psalms 11:1-3, Counsels of Despair, with an Expression of Surprise Refused. Antistanza, Psalms 11:4-6,Conf...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ For, lo. The argument follows whereon the friends of the godly...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    PRIVILY. — See margin, which preserves the image of the archer lurking in a dark corner....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֤ה הָ רְשָׁעִ֡ים יִדְרְכ֬וּן קֶ֗שֶׁת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 11:1 The correctness of the superscription is, in the present case, defended by Ewald and Hitzig. Delitzsch refers the psalm to the eve of Absalom's conspiracy, while other supporters of the Da...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE Psalms 11:1; Psalms 12:1 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, urged him to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Both are alike conscious of immediate peril. Fear sees only the things that are near. Faith takes in the larger distances. If the things fear s...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Save. David, persecuted by Saul, (Bossuet) or Absalom; (Grotius) the captives at Babylon; (Calmet) our Saviour suffering, or coming to judge; (St. Augustine) in a word, any just man who sees the corru...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There will be, there must be, persecutions. But Jesus is the foundation of his Church, and that standeth sure....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._Surely, behold! the ungodly. _Some think that this is added as the excuse made by those who desired David to save himself by flight. According to others, David expostulates with his countrymen, who...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    What the righteous remnant are to do when the power of evil is thus dominant in Emmanuel's land, Psalms 11 treats of. Psalms 11-15, as I have already remarked, give the thoughts and feelings of the re...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR, LO, THE WICKED BEND [THEIR] BOW,.... Are devising mischief, and making preparations to accomplish it; THEY MAKE READY THEIR ARROW UPON THE STRING; of the bow, and are just about to execute their...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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._ Ver. 2. _For, lo, the wicked bend their bow_] _sc._ To shoot...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For, lo, the wicked bend their bow_, &c. Many eminent commentators consider these also as the words of David's friends, representing to him, as a motive for his flight, the extreme danger he was in,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For, lo, so the counselors of David told him, THE WICKED BEND THEIR BOW, THEY MAKE READY THEIR ARROW UPON THE STRING, adjusting it for a sudden shot, THAT THEY MAY PRIVILY SHOOT AT THE UPRIGHT IN HEAR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID'S REFUSAL TO FLEE WHEN IN DANGER OF LIFE. There was a time when David's throne was in danger, when Absalom was scheming to usurp the royal power in Israel, when David's very life was no longer s...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PRIVILY: _ Heb._ in darkness...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR LO: these are the words, either, 1. Of David's friends or enemies, confirming their former advice; which might suit with it, if that was the counsel of his friends; but not if it was (as it seems...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 11:2 wicked H7563 bend H1869 (H8799) bow H7198 ready H3559 (H8790) arrow H2671 string H3499 shoot...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For the Chief Musician. Of David.' The psalm is dedicated to the Choirmaster and is of the Davidic collection, of which a large part, if not all, were written by David himself. For his reputation as...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The doom of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we get the vision of God on His throne, governing all creatures, rendering to all according to their works, we shall then see...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 11:1. _Flee as a bird to your mountain,_ the hill country of Judea. When hiding from Saul, and when the wicked bent their bow against him, it was prudent to shun the snares. Psalms 11:3. _If th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In the Lord put I my trust._ JEHOVAH THE PROTECTOR AND AVENGER OF THE PERSECUTED SAINT The Psalmist, beset by malicious foes, is warned by some of his adherents to seek refuge in flight. The Psalm i...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 11:1. This psalm describes the confidence that the faithful may have, even in times of severe crisis. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “The friends of David advise him in this psalm to flee unto the mountainous parts of the land of Judah, in order to avoid the danger which was threatening him, should he remain in the pla...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ASCRIBED to David in the "title," this psalm is almost universally allowed to be his. It "has all the characteristics of the earlier Davidic psalms." No allusion enables us to assign it to...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 11:1-7 is to the chief musician. It is a psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how do you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? (Psalms 11:1) My trust is in the Lord. Why should...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 23:9; Acts 23:12; Jeremiah 9:3; Matthew 26:4

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For lo — David having directed his speech to his enemies, now turns it to God, and pours out before him his complaints. Ready — They lay designs for my destruction and make all things ready to execute...

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