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Psalms 5:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 5:11: The opening contrast in “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice” turns the argument of “Morning prayer against deceit and violence.”
Morning words laid out before a God who hates violence
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 5:1–12. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 5:1–12
Read Psalms 5:11 with 5:1–12. Read alone, “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 5:1–12, the individual voice carries the movement “Morning prayer against deceit and violence” as part of “Morning prayer against deceit and violence.” Its lament form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 5:1–12 opens Psalm 5 with “Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation” and establishes the individual voice and “Morning prayer against deceit and violence” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 5:11 turns the movement by contrasting what precedes it with “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice.”
What Remains True
In “Morning prayer against deceit and violence,” Psalm 5:11 turns the movement by contrasting what precedes it with “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice.” The resulting truth stays bounded by this movement: Wrong and rage may be named honestly before the LORD, yet judgment remains accountable to justice and never turns another person into disposable prey. The local movement is “Morning prayer against deceit and violence.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Enemy language names harmful conduct in the poem; it cannot be transferred to a race, nation, party, denomination, or disliked neighbor.
How It Can Shape Life
- Keep the movement “Morning prayer against deceit and violence” in view. Let the line “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice” make room for protest without dehumanizing anyone; choose safety, truthful evidence, and justice over revenge. The textual reason is this verse's role: Psalm 5:11 turns the movement by contrasting what precedes it with “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 5:1–12 — Morning prayer against deceit and violenceSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 5:1–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 5:1–12
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 5:1–12.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 5 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 5:1–12
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