Confidence Midst Threatening Danger (Psalm 11)

The eleventh Psalm is Davidic; the superscription tells us so. But when we inquire after the time of its composition and the circumstances referred to in the Psalm we cannot come to absolute certainty. There are those, among whom the learned Deitzsch, who think that the circumstances described in this Psalm refer to the perilous time of Absalom's conspiracy to grasp the reins of government. In support of their exegesis they point to the third verse that speaks of foundations which are being...