Psalms 11:3 - Exposition

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The word translated" foundations" is a rare one, only occurring hero and in Isaiah 19:10 . The meaning of "foundations," first given to it by Aquila, is now generally adopted. We must suppose the timid friends to be still speaking, and to mean that, under the lawless rule of Saul, the very foundations of society and of moral order were swept away; the righteous ( צדִּיק , a collective) had done and could do nothing to prevent it. What remained for David, but to withdraw from a community where there was neither law nor order, where the first magistrate commanded ( 1 Samuel 19:1 ) and attempted ( 1 Samuel 19:10 ) assassination?