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Psalms 11:4-6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

4. 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. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.

Psalms 11:4-6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 11:4

Theological / Devotional

In heaven. Compare Hab. 2:20. Since God is in heaven, the psalmist has nothing to fear. The persecuted have a Protector to whom they can always appeal. The psalmist replies to his advisers with an unequivocal conviction. He knows his God.

His eyelids try. Although God is in heaven, He scrutinizes the actions of His children upon earth. God’s scrutiny should not alarm; in His love and justice He sees into the very heart of the truth. There is nothing incompatible about God’s being in heaven, yet concerned with his earthly creation (see Isa. 57:15).

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