Psalms 11
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66623× in this chapter
just
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75633× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- אָהַבʼâhabH1572× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- חָזָהchâzâhH23722× in this chapter
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of
- יָשָׁרyâshârH34772× in this chapter
straight (literally or figuratively)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בָּחַןbâchanH9742× in this chapter
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- בְּמוֹbᵉmôwH11191× in this chapter
in, with, by, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- גׇּפְרִיתgophrîythH16141× in this chapter
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דָּרַךְdârakH18691× in this chapter
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- הֵיכָלhêykâlH19641× in this chapter
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- הַרharH20221× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- הָרַסhâraçH20401× in this chapter
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
- זַלְעָפָהzalʻâphâhH21521× in this chapter
a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
- חָמָסchâmâçH25551× in this chapter
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- חָסָהchâçâhH26201× in this chapter
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
- חֵץchêtsH26711× in this chapter
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
- יָרָהyârâhH33841× in this chapter
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
- אֵיךְʼêykH3491× in this chapter
how? or how!; also where
- יֶתֶרyetherH34991× in this chapter
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
- כּוּןkûwnH35591× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- כּוֹסkôwçH35631× in this chapter
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼH36781× in this chapter
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- לֵבlêbH38201× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- מָהmâhH41001× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מָטַרmâṭarH43051× in this chapter
to rain
- מְנָתmᵉnâthH45211× in this chapter
an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)
- נוּדnûwdH51101× in this chapter
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
- נָצַחnâtsachH53291× in this chapter
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
- אָמַרʼâmarH5591× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַיִןʻayinH58691× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- עַפְעַףʻaphʻaphH60791× in this chapter
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
- פַּחpachH63411× in this chapter
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)