For the [a]foundations are cast down, what hath the [b]righteous done?

The Lord is in his holy palace; the Lord’s throne is in the heaven; his eyes [c]will consider; his eyelids will try the children of men.

The Lord will try the righteous; but the wicked, and him that loveth iniquity, doth his soul hate.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:3 All hope of succor is taken away.
  2. Psalm 11:3 Yet am I innocent and my cause good.
  3. Psalm 11:4 Though all things in earth be out of order, yet God will execute judgment from heaven.

When the foundations(A) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;(B)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(C)
He observes everyone on earth;(D)
    his eyes examine(E) them.
The Lord examines the righteous,(F)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(G)

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