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Psalm 11

Psa. 11:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, A Psalm of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> In the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
put I my trust
chacah (Hebrew #2620)
to flee for protection (compare 982); figuratively, to confide in
KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Pronounce: khaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
: how say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
ye to my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, Flee
nuwd (Hebrew #5110)
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
KJV usage: bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
Pronounce: nood
Origin: a primitive root
as a bird
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
to your mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
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David,
Mountain Mount,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Psalms,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  David encourages himself in God against his enemies.
4-7:  The providence and justice of God.
A.M. 2942.
B.C. 1062.
In the.
Psa. 7:1• 1A Shiggayon of David which he sang unto Jehovah{HR}Because of the words of Cush, the Benjamite.{HR}O Jehovah, my God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me. (Psa. 7:1)
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Psa. 9:10• 10And they who know thy name will trust in thee;{HR}For thou hast not forsaken those who seek thee, O Jehovah. (Psa. 9:10)
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Psa. 16:1• 1Michtam of David.{HR}Preserve me, O God, for I have trusted in thee. (Psa. 16:1)
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Psa. 25:2• 2My God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. (Psa. 25:2)
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Psa. 31:14• 14But I have trusted in thee, O Jehovah;{HR}I have said, Thou art my God. (Psa. 31:14)
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Psa. 56:11• 11In God have I trusted,{HR}I will not fear:{HR}What shall man do unto me? (Psa. 56:11)
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2 Chron. 14:11• 11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many or with them that hath no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chron. 14:11)
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2 Chron. 16:8• 8{i}Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.{/i} (2 Chron. 16:8)
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Isa. 26:3‑4• 3Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
 4Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:3‑4)
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1 Sam. 19:11• 11And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning! and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain. (1 Sam. 19:11)
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1 Sam. 20:38• 38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. (1 Sam. 20:38)
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1 Sam. 21:10‑12• 10{i}And David arose, and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.{/i}
 11{i}And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?{/i}
 12{i}And David took to heart these words, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.{/i} (1 Sam. 21:10‑12)
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1 Sam. 22:3• 3{i}And David went thence to Mizpeh in Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth amongst you, till I know what God will do for me.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:3)
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1 Sam. 23:14• 14{i}And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph{/i}. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. (1 Sam. 23:14)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
Flee.
Psa. 55:6‑7• 6And I said, Who will give me wings as the dove?{HR}I would fly away and be at rest.
 7Behold, I would flee far off,{HR}I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. (Psa. 55:6‑7)
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Prov. 6:5• 5Deliver thyself from the [hunter's] hand,{HR}And as a bird from the fowler's hand. (Prov. 6:5)
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Luke 13:31• 31The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee. (Luke 13:31)
• Book 1, Series 2. The great tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The eleventh sees distinctly—as is always true, though not publicly manifested as at that time—that there is no hope from, no reliance on, man on the earth—that nothing earthly is stable, and that evil has brought in ruin. The foundations are cast down, and what are the righteous to do? (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 9-11” by J.N. Darby)
• Fear and unbelief would urge flight, as a bird, away from the scene to a place of refuge and human security. Faith looks higher. “In Jehovah put I my trust.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 9-11” by J.N. Darby)
• In the presence of opposition the soul trusts in the Lord and hence the suggestion of human prudence to flee from conflict is refused. (“Psalm 11” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a birdk to your mountain?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Flee, ye birds."

W. Kelly Translation

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To the chief musician, [a Psalm] of David.{HR}In Jehovah have I trusted:{HR}How say ye to my soul,{HR}Flee to your mountain [as] a bird?