Psalms 11:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

<For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
  • Ps 56:11 : 11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you. 4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
  • Luke 13:31 : 31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.
  • 1 Sam 20:38 : 38 And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
  • 1 Sam 21:10-12 : 10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands? 12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
  • 1 Sam 22:3 : 3 And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
  • 2 Chr 16:8 : 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.
  • Ps 7:1 : 1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
  • Ps 16:1 : 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest. 7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • Ps 31:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

    15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • Ps 7:1-2
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    80%

    1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

    2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

  • Ps 143:8-9
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    79%

    8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

    9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.

  • 11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

  • 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

  • Ps 56:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

    4 In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

  • 8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.

  • Ps 31:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

    2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

  • 2 Sam 22:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

    3 My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

  • 1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

  • 2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Ps 71:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

    2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

    3 Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

  • 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

  • Ps 61:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

    4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

  • 20 O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

  • 22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.

  • 6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

  • 7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

  • 1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

  • 5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

  • 4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

  • 8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.

  • 3 Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

  • 14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

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    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

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    2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

  • 7 In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.

  • 4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • 2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • 2 He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.

  • 6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • 9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

  • 8 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

  • 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • 8 He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

  • 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

  • 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

  • 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)