Psalms 11:2-3
Psalms 11:1-3 The Message (MSG)
I’ve already run for dear life straight to the arms of GOD. So why would I run away now when you say, “Run to the mountains; the evil bows are bent, the wicked arrows Aimed to shoot under cover of darkness at every heart open to God. The bottom’s dropped out of the country; good people don’t have a chance”?
Psalms 11:2-3 King James Version (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. If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Psalms 11:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?”
Psalms 11:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
Like hunters, the wicked string their bows; they set their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from dark places at those who are honest. When the foundations for good collapse, what can good people do?”
Psalms 11:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart; If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Psalms 11:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Psalms 11:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
For look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Psalms 11:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For look, the wicked are bending the bow; They take aim with their arrow on the string To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart. “If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed, What can the righteous do?”
Psalms 11:2-3 New Living Translation (NLT)
The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right. The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”
Psalms 11:2-3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For your enemies have prepared a trap for you! Can’t you see them hiding in their place of darkness and shadows? They’re set against all those who live upright lives. What can the righteous accomplish when truth’s pillars are destroyed and law and order collapse?”