1 In Jehovah I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain.
2 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.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can a righteous man do?
4 Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.
5 Jehovah tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.
6 He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For Jehovah is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.
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Today's Verse
Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Verse Of The DayDavid affirms that the LORD tests both the righteous and the wicked, loving righteousness and hating violence, an idea paralleled in Psalms 82:5, before the sequence continues into Psalms 12.
