Psalm 11

³You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

⁴Trust in the Lord forever, because God the Lord is the Rock eternal.

¹¹in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹⁴And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

²in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

³¹At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

⁵Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

³who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

⁴ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

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.

¹²For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

³Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

¹¹Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

⁵They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

¹⁹Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

¹²Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

³When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

²⁴When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

²⁵You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

¹³Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

¹⁴So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

¹⁹The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.

⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

⁴The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

²⁰But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

¹³The Lord looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

²⁴“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

¹⁶There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹²Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

⁹Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

¹Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

⁸Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

²Test me, O Lord, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

²²I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

²⁴Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens.

¹³Therefore this is what the Lord God says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

²⁹But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

⁸For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

²³When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

⁴They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

¹²For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

⁷You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

⁷He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

²Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.