诗篇 11:1-6 RCUVSS

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:3

If the foundations be destroyed - If Saul, who is the vicegerent of God, has cast aside his fear, and now regards neither truth nor justice, a righteous man has no security for his life. This is at present thy case; therefore flee! They have utterly destroyed the foundations; (of truth and equity); what can righteousness now effect? Kimchi supposes this refers to the priests who were murdered by Doeg, at the command of Saul. The priests are destroyed, the preservers of knowledge and truth;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple - He is still to be sought and found in the place vhere he has registered his name. Though the priests be destroyed, the God in whose worship they were employed still lives, and is to be found in his temple by his upright worshippers. And he tries the heart and the reins of both sinners and saints. Nothing can pass without his notice. I may expect his presence in the temple; he has not promised to meet me in the mountain. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:5

The Lord trieth the righteous - He does not abandon them; he tries them to show their faithfulness, and he afflicts them for their good. His soul hateth - The wicked man must ever be abhorred of the Lord; and the violent man - the destroyer and murderer - his soul hateth; an expression of uncommon strength and energy: all the perfections of the Divine nature have such in abomination. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain - This is a manifest allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Snares - Judgments shall fall upon them suddenly and unawares. Fire - Such as shall come immediately from God, and be inextinguishable. Brimstone - Melted by the fire, for their drink! This shall be the portion of their cup. A horrible tempest - זלעפות רוח roach zilaphoth , "the spirit of terrors." Suffering much, and being threatened with more, they shall be filled with... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

Verse 1 1.In Jehovah do I put my trust. Almost all interpreters think that this is a complaint which David brings against his countrymen, that while seeking in every quarter for hiding-places, he could find nowhere even common humanity. And it is indeed true, that in the whole course of his wanderings, after betaking himself to flight to escape the cruelty of Saul, he could find no secure place of retreat, at least, none where he might continue for any length of time undisturbed. He might,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:2

Verse 2 2.Surely, behold! the ungodly. Some think that this is added as the excuse made by those who desired David to save himself by flight. According to others, David expostulates with his countrymen, who saw death menacing him on all sides, and yet denied him shelter. But, in my judgment, he here continues his account of the trying circumstances in which he was placed. His design is not only to place before our view the dangers with which he was surrounded, but to show us that he was exposed... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:3

Verse 3 3.Truly, the foundations are destroyed. Some translate the word השתות, hashathoth, by nets, a sense in which the Scripture in other places often uses this word; and their explanation of the words is, that the wicked and deceitful arts which the ungodly practiced against David were defeated. If we admit this interpretation, the meaning of what he adds immediately after, What hath the righteous one done? will be, that his escape in safety was owing neither to his own exertion, nor to his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:4

Verse 4 4.Jehovah is in the palace of his holiness. In what follows, the Psalmist glories in the assurance of the favor of God, of which I have spoken. Being destitute of human aid, he betakes himself to the providence of God. It is a signal proof of faith, as I have observed elsewhere, to take and to borrow, so to speak, (245) light from heaven to guide us to the hope of salvation, when we are surrounded in this world with darkness on every side. All men acknowledge that the world is governed... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:6

Verse 6 6.He will rain upon the ungodly. David now, in the last place, lays it down as a certain truth, that although God, for a time, may be still and delay his judgments, yet the hour of vengeance will assuredly come. Thus we see how by degrees he rises up to the hope of a happy issue to his present affliction, and he uses his efforts to attain this, that the social and moral disorder, which he saw prevailing around him, might not weaken his faith. As the tribunal of God remains firm and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1

In the Lord put I my trust ; or, in the Lord have I taken refuge (Kay, Cheyne). Before his friends address him on the subject of his danger, David has himself recognized it, and has fled to God for succour. How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? rather, flee ye, birds , to your mountain. Probably a proverbial expression, used when it was necessary to warn a man that in flight lay his only safety. The singular ( צִפוֹר ) is used collectively. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1

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