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The Book of Psalms

Catholic Public Domain Version 2009

- Chapter 11 -

I will take refuge in the Lord

(Habakkuk 1:12-17)
1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.(a)
2
I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”
3
For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
4
For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done?
5
The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look upon the poor. His eyelids question the sons of men.
6
The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.
7
He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.(b)
8
For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

Footnotes

(a)10:1 The expression, ‘in finem’ can be interpreted to refer to a psalm that is sung or recited ‘in parts.’ It can also be interpreted to mean ‘unto the end.’(Conte)
(b)10:7 Or, ‘spiritual storms.’(Conte)