Psalm 11:1-7 In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?… The environment of the Psalm is stormy. The singer is a soul in difficulty. He is the victim of relentless antagonists. It is a song in the night. I. INADEQUATE RESOURCES. The Psalmist hears the voices of counsellors. They are urging him to get away from the exposed plains to the strongholds. But to the Psalmist the suggested defences are inadequate. The enemy can reach him there. Against these imperfect defences the Psalmist proclaims his own confident boast, "In the Lord put I my trust." Look at some of our suggested refuges. Take up literature, music, science, or art. All such suggested strongholds are inadequate. II. THE ALL-SUFFICIENT SECURITY. Upon what, then, shall the driven soul depend? "In the Lord put I my trust." The Psalmist enumerates some of the foundations upon which his joyful confidence is built. See some stones of the grand foundation — the Lord's immanence, the Lord's sovereignty, the Lord's discernments, the Lord's repulsions, the Lord's purposes. (J. H. Jowett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To 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?WEB: In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!" |
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