“To the choirmaster leader, of David.
‘In Yahweh I take refuge.
How can you say to me?
‘Flee like a bird to the mountains!
Look!
The wicked bend the bow!
They have fitted their arrows to the string,
They shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?’”
Once again in Psalm 11, the theme of confidence dominates. The opening remarks are only to the choirmaster leader as this is a generic psalm of David. David or the psalmist takes refuge in Yahweh. Are you really safe if you fly to a mountain like a bird? The faithful ones are often compared to birds. Mountains were considered a safe place. However, the problem was more immediate as the wicked ones had their bow and arrows ready to shoot at them. They could shoot in the dark. What can the righteous ones do?
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 