Psalm 11:1 “In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bi…”

Psalm 11:1

In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

World English Bible

In the LORD, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

American Standard Version

In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;

Geneva Bible 1599

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. In the Lord put I my trust: howe say yee then to my soule, Flee to your mountaine as a birde?

Darby Translation

In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?

Young's Literal Translation

To the Overseer. — By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird?

Bible in Basic English

In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

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Cross references

“A. M. 2942. B.C. 1062. In the”

Psalm 56:11 Psalm 25:2 Psalm 16:1 2 Chronicles 16:8 Psalm 7:1 Psalm 9:10

Psalm 56:11 · BSB

in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalm 25:2 · BSB

in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

Psalm 16:1 · BSB

Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

2 Chronicles 16:8 · BSB

Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

Psalm 7:1 · BSB

O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

Psalm 9:10 · BSB

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

“how”

1 Samuel 23:14 1 Samuel 19:11 1 Samuel 20:38 1 Samuel 21:10–12 1 Samuel 22:3 1 Samuel 27:1

1 Samuel 23:14 · BSB

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 19:11 · BSB

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 20:38 · BSB

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

1 Samuel 21:10–12 · BSB

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 22:3 · BSB

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

1 Samuel 27:1 · BSB

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all ove…

“Flee”

Luke 13:31 Proverbs 6:5 Psalm 55:6 Psalm 55:7

Luke 13:31 · BSB

At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

Proverbs 6:5 · BSB

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Psalm 55:6 · BSB

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

Psalm 55:7 · BSB

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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