God is the exclusive refuge for His persecuted children (compare Psalms 16:1; 36:7). As a life principle, David sought refuge from his enemies in the LORD, his stronghold. His counselors urged him to
But he refused, regarding the LORD as a much more secure refuge than any human fortress.
Psalm 11:2 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.
Which they compare to that of a bird when a fowler, having already fixed his eye upon it, had fitted his arrow to the string.
And lying close, was taking aim at it, intending to shoot it.
Just so, they signified, Saul and his counsellors had laid their plot on suddenly to destroy David.
Psalm 11:4 The LORD [is] in His holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.
This emphasizes the transcendent throne room of God, yet God has sovereign sway over all the affairs of earth.
Psalm 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.
The wicked and those who love violence, have totally rejected the Lord Jesus as their Savior. They are standing before Jesus in their cloak of sin.
They are hated of God, because they chose sin over salvation in Jesus Christ.
Psalm 11:6
The allusion is to the LORD's raining fire and brimstone from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah, which was an example and emblem of God's fire.
Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold the upright.
“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness”: He loves righteousness."
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