Psalm 11:2
“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.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 11Meaning
The wicked are portrayed preparing a hidden attack against the upright, exposing covert violence rather than teaching tactics..
Hidden attack and collapsing foundations
The threat is described as covert violence and the apparent collapse of the structures that sustain justice.
Read carefully
The wicked are portrayed preparing a hidden attack against the upright, exposing covert violence rather than teaching tactics.; the verse should remain within Psalm 11:2–3.
Reflection
Let this verse shape trust, truthful discernment, protection of the vulnerable, and refusal of retaliatory violence.