The LORD a Refuge and Defense.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
In the LORD I atake refuge and put my trust;How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your bmountain;Ps 2:12Ps 121:12 For look, the wicked are abending the bow;They btake aim with their arrow on the stringTo cshoot by stealth in darkness at the upright in heart.Ps 7:12; 37:14Ps 64:3Ps 64:43 “If the afoundations of a godly society are destroyed,What can the righteous do?”Ps 82:5; 87:1; 119:152
4 The LORD is in His aholy temple; the LORD’S bthrone is in heaven.His ceyes see, His eyelids test the children of men. Acts 7:49; Rev 4:2Ps 18:6; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20Ps 103:19; Is 66:1; Matt 5:34; Rev 4:2Ps 33:18; 34:15, 165 The LORD atests the righteous and bthe wicked,And His soul hates the malevolent one who loves violence. James 1:12Gen 22:1; Ps 34:19; James 1:12Ps 5:56 Upon the wicked He will arain coals of fire;bFire and 1brimstone and a cdreadful scorching wind will be the portion of dtheir cup of doom.I.e. burning sulfur.Ps 18:13, 14Gen 19:24; Ezek 38:22Jer 4:11, 12Ps 75:87 For the LORD is absolutely arighteous, bHe loves righteousness ;The upright shall csee His face.Ps 7:9, 11Ps 33:5; 45:7Ps 16:11; 17:15