“ If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? ”
If the foundations be destroyed - These are still to be regarded as the words of the psalmist’s advisers; or as an argument why he should make his escape. The word “foundations,” here, refers to...
If the (b) foundations be destroyed, what can the (c) righteous do? (b) All hope of help is taken away. (c) Yet am I innocent and my cause good.
XI. Yahweh the Sure Refuge. Psalms 11:1-3 . The problem stated. The wicked are bold: the righteous cannot meet their attack. They can but flee like a little bird (the habitual meaning of the word...
the foundations: hashshathoth = settled order of truth or institutions; not the roof or walls. the . a. do. Not say or think, but lawfully and effectually "do".
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...
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 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...
If the foundations be destroyed, &c.— When the foundations are pulled up, what hath the righteous man to expect? i.e. What is the work or reward of the righteous man? What has he to do or exp...
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? If the foundations be destroyed - rather х kiy ( H3588 )], 'For' ... 'are' - i:e., the particular malice of the wicked against...
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances th...
The foundations. — By this word must be understood the principles of morality, which are the foundation of society. Symmachus and Jerome render “laws.” But the rendering “What could the righteous d...
Psalms 11:1-7 The correctness of the superscription is, in the present case, defended by Ewald and Hitzig. Delitzsch refers the psalm to the eve of Absalom's conspiracy, while other supporters of...
God Our Refuge and Defense Psalms 11:1-7 ; Psalms 12:1-8 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, u...
This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Both are alike conscious of immediate peril. Fear sees only the things that are near. Faith takes in the larger distances. If the things fear...
There will be, there must be, persecutions. But Jesus is the foundation of his Church, and that standeth sure.
FOUNDATIONS ‘If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?’ Psalms 11:3 I. Look at true foundations. —(1) God is God, before all things pre-ordaining, revolving within Himself...
If the foundations be destroyed ,.... Or, "for the foundations are destroyed" s; all things are out of order and course both in church and state; the laws, which are the foundations of government, a...
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Ver. 3. If the foundations be destroyed ] If all things be turned "topsy turvy" in the state, and no regard had to right or wrong, Sed...
If the foundations be destroyed , &c. This also is thought to be spoken by the same persons, discouraging David from making any further resistance, by the consideration that the foundations of r...
Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 In the L ORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, F...
If; or, for ; or, when. The foundations, i.e. piety, and justice, and fidelity, and mercy, which are the pillars or foundations of a state or kingdom, as they are called, Psalms 75:2,3 P...
‘For the Chief Musician. Of David.' The psalm is dedicated to the Choirmaster and is of the Davidic collection, of which a large part, if not all, were written by David himself. For his reputation a...
INTRODUCTION “The friends of David advise him in this psalm to flee unto the mountainous parts of the land of Judah, in order to avoid the danger which was threatening him, should he remain in the p...
Psalms 11:3 I. Look at true foundations. (1) God is God, before all things pre-ordaining, revolving within Himself and all things else, as He pleases, the great foundation given to Moses in the bu...
Psalms 11:1 . Flee as a bird to your mountain, the hill country of Judea. When hiding from Saul, and when the wicked bent their bow against him, it was prudent to shun the snares. Psalms 11:3 ....
In the Lord put I my trust. Jehovah the Protector and Avenger of the persecuted saint The Psalmist, beset by malicious foes, is warned by some of his adherents to seek refuge in flight. The Psa...
EXPOSITION ASCRIBED to David in the "title," this psalm is almost universally allowed to be his. It "has all the characteristics of the earlier Davidic psalms." No allusion enables us to assig...
David's Refusal to Flee When in Danger of Life. There was a time when David's throne was in danger, when Absalom was scheming to usurp the royal power in Israel, when David's very life was no long...
2 Chronicles 32:13-15 ; 2 Kings 19:13-18 ; 2 Kings 22:12-14 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Acts 4:24-33 ; Acts 4:5-12 ; Daniel 3:15-18 ; Daniel 6:10-28 ; Isaiah 58:12 ; Jeremiah 26:11-15 ; John 11:8-1...
Foundations — Piety, justice, fidelity, and mercy, which are the pillars or foundations of a state or kingdom. What — The condition of all righteous men will be desperate.