תהלים 11:2

Hebrew Modern Translation

כי הנה הרשעים ידרכון קשת כוננו חצם על יתר לירות במו אפל לישרי לב׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
הנה הרשעים ידרכון קשת כוננו חצם על-יתר לירות במו-אפל לישרי-לב

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה הָרְשָׁעִ֡ים יִדְרְכ֬וּן קֶ֗שֶׁת כּוֹנְנ֣וּ חִצָּ֣ם עַל־יֶ֑תֶר לִירֹ֥ות בְּמוֹ־אֹ֝֗פֶל לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
כִּי הִנֵּה הָרְשָׁעִים יִדְרְכוּן קֶשֶׁת כּוֹנְנוּ חִצָּם עַל־יֶתֶר לִירוֹת בְּמוֹ־אֹפֶל לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lo: Psalms 10:2, Psalms 37:14, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4, Jeremiah 9:3

make: Psalms 21:12

that: Psalms 10:8, Psalms 10:9, Psalms 64:5, Psalms 142:3, 1 Samuel 18:21, 1 Samuel 23:9, Matthew 26:4, Acts 23:12-15

privily: Heb. in darkness

the upright: Psalms 7:10, Psalms 32:11, Psalms 64:10, Psalms 94:15, Psalms 97:11, Psalms 125:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:20 - by laying Nehemiah 4:10 - The strength Nehemiah 6:11 - Should such Psalms 7:13 - ordaineth Psalms 26:10 - In Daniel 6:10 - as he Luke 13:31 - Get Acts 24:1 - informed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow,.... Are devising mischief, and making preparations to accomplish it;

they make ready their arrow upon the string; of the bow, and are just about to execute their wicked designs;

that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart; such as David, and those that were with him, were; they were men whose hearts were upright before God, and were of upright conversations before men, and so became the butt of the malice and resentment of wicked men; against these they formed evil purposes, delivered out bitter words, which were like sharp arrows of the mighty; threatened them with ruin and destruction, and took methods to bring about their designs and make good their words, in the most private and secret manner. Hence some of David's friends thought it most advisable for him to make his escape; adding,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow - These are to he regarded as the words of the persons referred to in the previous verse, who had advised the persecuted psalmist to flee to the mountains. In this verse reasons are suggested for that advice. The reasons are, that the enemy was preparing for an attack, and that at an unexpected moment the attack would be made unless he should effect his escape. Apprised of the danger, he might now make good his escape, and avoid the peril which was impending. The common weapon in war, as in hunting, was the bow and arrow. The process of preparing for the use of the bow consisted in bending it, and properly adjusting the arrow. The Hebrew word used here is “tread;” “the wicked tread upon the bow;” that is, with a view to bend it. The bow was made of steel, or strong wood, or pieces of ivory framed together, and it often required great strength - beyond the strength of the arm - to bend it so as to adjust the string. Hence, the “foot” was placed upon the center, and the two ends drawn near to each other.

They make ready their arrow upon the string - Hebrew, “they fit or fix the arrow upon the string.” That is, they place the end of the arrow in the proper place upon the string of the bow.

That they may privily shoot at the upright in heart - Margin, as in the Hebrew, “in darkness.” That is, that they may do it secretly or treacherously. They do not intend to do it in open day, or (as we should say) “in a fair fight;” but they mean to do it when their victim is not aware of their design. The phrase, “the upright in heart,” may either denote their own conviction that those whom they designed so to attack were upright in heart - thus knowing that they were innocent; or it may be a statement of the advisers in the case, that those whom they counseled were thus upright - a statement on their part that the attack was made on the righteous. The latter is probably the true construction.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 11:2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow — Perhaps these are more of the words of his advisers: Every thing is ready for thy destruction: the arrow that is to pierce thy heart is already set on the bow-string; and the person who hopes to despatch thee is concealed in ambush.