For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow,.... Are devising mischief, and making preparations to accomplish it;they make ready their arrow upon the string; of the bow, and are just about to execute their wicked designs;that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart; such as David, and those that were with him, were; they were men whose hearts were upright before God, and were of upright conversations before men, and so became the butt of the malice and resentment of wicked men; against these they formed evil purposes, delivered out bitter words, which were like sharp arrows of the mighty; threatened them with ruin and destruction, and took methods to bring about their designs and make good their words, in the most private and secret manner.
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Psalms 11:2
Psalms 11:2
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