PSALM 11:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Psalm 11:2 Translation & Meaning

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For, כִּ֤י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed For
lo, הִנֵּ֪ה Lo! lo
the wicked הָרְשָׁעִ֡ים Morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person wicked
bend יִדְרְכ֬וּן To tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) bend
their (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
bow, קֶ֗שֶׁת A bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris bow
they make ready כּוֹנְנ֣וּ Properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous) make ready
their arrow חִצָּ֣ם Properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear arrow
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the string, יֶ֑תֶר Properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder string
that they may privily אֹ֝֗פֶל Dusk privily
shoot לִיר֥וֹת Properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach shoot
at the upright לְיִשְׁרֵי Straight (literally or figuratively) upright
in heart. לֵֽב׃ The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything heart

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  • 1  In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

  • 2  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.

  • 3  If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • 4  The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.



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