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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 11"
description: "PSALM 11   :-. On title, see  :-.
Alluding to some event in his history, as in  :-, the Psalmist avows his confidence in God, when admonished
to flee from"
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PSALM 11

. On title, see .
Alluding to some event in his history, as in , the Psalmist avows his confidence in God, when admonished
to flee from his raging persecutors, whose destruction of the usual
foundations of safety rendered all his efforts useless. The grounds
of his confidence are God's supreme dominion, His watchful care of
His people, His hatred to the wicked and judgments on them, and His
love for righteousness and the righteous.

**1. my soul**—me ().
**Flee**—literally, "flee
ye"; that is, he and his companion.
**as a bird to your
mountain**—having as such no safety but in flight (compare
[1 Samuel 26:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/20); [Lamentations 3:52](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/52)).

**2. privily**—literally, "in
darkness," treacherously.

**3.** Literally, "The
foundations (that is, of good order and law) will be destroyed, what
has the righteous done (to sustain them)?" All his efforts have
failed.

**4. temple . . . heaven**—The
connection seems to denote God's heavenly residence; the term used is
taken from the place of His visible earthly abode ([Psalms 2:6](../../../kjv/psalms/2/6);
[Psalms 3:4](../../../kjv/psalms/3/4); [Psalms 5:7](../../../kjv/psalms/5/7)).
Thence He inspects men with close scrutiny.

**5.** The trial of the righteous
results in their approval, as it is contrasted with God's hatred to
the wicked.

**6.** Their punishment is described
by vivid figures denoting abundant, sudden, furious, and utter
destruction (compare [Genesis 19:24](../../../kjv/genesis/19/24);
[Job 18:15](../../../kjv/job/18/15); [Psalms 7:15](../../../kjv/psalms/7/15);
[Psalms 9:15](../../../kjv/psalms/9/15)).
**cup**—is a frequent
figure for God's favor or wrath ([Psalms 16:5](../../../kjv/psalms/16/5);
[Psalms 23:5](../../../kjv/psalms/23/5); [Matthew 20:22](../../../kjv/matthew/20/22);
[Matthew 20:23](../../../kjv/matthew/20/23)).

**7. his countenance**—literally,
"their faces," a use of the plural applied to God, as in
[Genesis 1:26](../../../kjv/genesis/1/26); [Genesis 3:22](../../../kjv/genesis/3/22);
[Genesis 11:7](../../../kjv/genesis/11/7); [Isaiah 6:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/8),
c., denoting the fulness of His perfections, or more probably
originating in a reference to the trinity of persons. "Faces"
is used as "eyes" ([Isaiah 6:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/8)), expressing here God's complacency towards the upright
(compare [Psalms 34:15](../../../kjv/psalms/34/15) [Psalms 34:16](../../../kjv/psalms/34/16)).

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