Psalm 11:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 11:1-3

Here is, I. David's fixed resolution to make God his confidence: In the Lord put I my trust, Ps. 11:1. Those that truly fear God and serve him are welcome to put their trust in him, and shall not be made ashamed of their doing so. And it is the character of the saints, who have taken God for their God, that they make him their hope. Even when they have other things to stay themselves upon, yet they do not, they dare not, stay upon them, but on God only. Gold is not their hope, nor are horses... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 11:1

In the Lord put I my trust ,.... Not in himself, in his own heart, nor in his own righteousness and strength; nor in men, the greatest of men, the princes of the earth; nor in his armies, or any outward force; but in the Lord, as the God of providence and of grace; and in the Messiah, in his person and righteousness; so the Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "in the Word of the Lord do I hope": and the phrase denotes a continued exercise of faith in the Lord; that he was always looking to him,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye - Some of David's friends seem to have given him this advice when they saw Saul bent on his destruction: "Flee as a bird to your mountain;" you have not a moment to lose; your ruin is determined; escape for your life; get off as swiftly as possible to the hill-country, to some of those inaccessible fortresses best known to yourself; and hide yourself there from the cruelty of Saul. To which advice he answers, "In the Lord put I my trust," shall I act as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

Verse 1 1.In Jehovah do I put my trust. Almost all interpreters think that this is a complaint which David brings against his countrymen, that while seeking in every quarter for hiding-places, he could find nowhere even common humanity. And it is indeed true, that in the whole course of his wanderings, after betaking himself to flight to escape the cruelty of Saul, he could find no secure place of retreat, at least, none where he might continue for any length of time undisturbed. He might,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1

In the Lord put I my trust ; or, in the Lord have I taken refuge (Kay, Cheyne). Before his friends address him on the subject of his danger, David has himself recognized it, and has fled to God for succour. How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? rather, flee ye, birds , to your mountain. Probably a proverbial expression, used when it was necessary to warn a man that in flight lay his only safety. The singular ( צִפוֹר ) is used collectively. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

The victory of faith; or, rest amid storm. In each one of those psalms which represent some historic experience, there is its own differential feature. This feature it is the work of the student and expositor to seize and to utilize. We do not know and have no means of knowing the specific incidents in the writer's life to which reference is here made, £ although, since David was the writer, we should find but little difficulty in fixing on some passages of his history to which the psalm... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

A battle in the soul. Faith and fear are in conflict. Plausible reasons are suggested why the fight should be given up, but nobler thoughts prevail. I. FEAR CONFRONTING FAITH . ( Psalms 11:1-3 .) The outlook is discouraging. Our foes are many and strong; more, they are inveterate in malice; more still, they have already gained ground, and amidst the overturn of all right principles and the confusion worse confounded, it seems as if they were to prevail all along the line. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

Faith's antidote to fear. This psalm is referred by some to the early struggles of David against the unrelenting jealousy of Saul; by others to the rebellion of Absalom; by others to the general conflict ever waging between the good and the evil powers. The subject of it is "Confidence in the Lord, and his protection even against the mightiest force of the wicked." The two leading ideas are the doctrine of David's friends, and David's own doctrine. I. SAFETY IN DANGER COULD BE... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 11:1

In the Lord put I my trust - This, in general, expresses the state of mind of the author - a state of feeling which runs through the entire psalm. It is designed to be an answer to the counsel which others had been giving him to escape, and it implies that he was determined at that time, and always, to put his trust in God. They advised him to flee. In the existing circumstances he felt that that would have implied a want of confidence in God. He determined, therefore, to maintain his present... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 11:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 11:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 11:1-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 11:1

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