Psalms 11:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 11:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 11:2 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upri..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 11:2 — KJV
“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. privily: Heb. in darkness”
— Psalms 11:2 (KJV)
Psalms 11:2 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 11:2
“Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt back: Heb. shoulder”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:2: make, ready, arrow
“And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. Make ready...: Heb. Hasten”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:2: make, ready, heart
“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:2: wicked, may, upright
“And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. them: Heb. before them”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:2: make, may, heart
“Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:2: wicked, make, heart
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