RRB notes on Psalm 11

Psalms 11 KJV

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? [a]

[a] The Jew in the Tribulation (Rev. 12:14; Matt. 24:20; Psa. 55:6; Ezek. 7:16).

2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: [1] his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

[1] You see how “double application” works? Once you’ve got God on His “throne” and in His “temple” with both of them in Heaven, then you can spiritualize every passage like verse 4 and Ezekiel 48:35 and pretend the “reign” is spiritual and began with Acts 2:30. That’s been the theological position of the Church of Christ since 1800, the Greek Orthodox Church since A.D. 600, and the Roman Catholic Church since A.D. 500. They all forgot the Book was written to destroy a man as well as save him (Israel: A Deadly Piece of Dirt).

5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. [2]

[2] God doesn’t hate any unsaved person on the face of this earth, according to 90% of the preachers in both hemispheres. The fact that He does (Prov. 6:16, 19; Hos. 9:15; Rom. 9:13) doesn’t mean anything to the apostate, man-pleasing, Laodicean, money-grabbing, destructive critics of the Holy Bible. God is a good “hater” (Psa. 7:11, 45:7, 139:21-22; Jer. 44:4).

6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, [3] and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

[3] This verse is interpreted by Billy Graham and Pope John Paul II as meaning “separation from God.” The Saviour they professed to follow said it was real fire (Matt. 13:42, 25:41).

7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.