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v1

In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

v2

For look: The wicked string the bow. ^[Literally “tread the bow,” that is, placing the foot on the bow to bend and string it] They have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright of heart.

v3

When the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do? ^[Or “what has the righteous done”]

v4

Yahweh is in his holy temple; Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne. His eyelids see; they test the children of humankind.

v5

Yahweh tests the righteous, but the wicked and the lover of violence his soul hates.

v6

He will rain coals ^[According to Symmachus (compare also Targum Psalms) a form slightly different from the MT’s “snares”] on the wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind will be the portion of their cup.

v7

For Yahweh is righteous; he loves righteous deeds. The upright shall see his face.