1 I n Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

2 F or, 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;

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.

3 I f the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

4 J ehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

5 J ehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

6 U pon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

7 F or Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.