Psalms 11:1

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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”?

ASV

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

LSV

TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. In YHWH I trusted, how do you say to my soul, “They moved to your mountain [as] the bird?”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC10:2

In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?

GNV

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?

JPS

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In the LORD have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

LXXE10:1

For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

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WLC

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְדָ֫וִ֥ד בַּֽיהוָ֨ה ׀ חָסִ֗יתִי אֵ֭יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ לְנַפְשִׁ֑י נודו הַרְכֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר׃KJV:Ps.11.1Read aloud as (qere): נ֝֗וּדִי

LXX-Br10:1

Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ. Ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ πέποιθα· πῶς ἐρεῖτε τῇ ψυχῇ μου, μεταναστεύου ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη ὡς στρουθίον;

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• Isaiah 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
• Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• 1 Samuel 23:14And 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.
• Psalms 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
• Luke 13:31At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
• Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• Proverbs 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• 2 Chronicles 16:8Were 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.
• Psalms 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
• 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude.…
• Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
• Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• 1 Samuel 21:10–12That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath. But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his…
• Psalms 55:6–7I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
• 1 Samuel 20:38Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
• 1 Samuel 19:11Then 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!”

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