Bible Strands
Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, issuing a plea for protection immediately after affirming God's steadfast love and righteousness in the preceding verse.
The words — ga'avah (pride) and te.niDe/ni (make wander/drive away) anchor the petition, literally naming the arrogant advance and the forced displacement the speaker fears.
The thread — The theme of God bringing down the proud runs to Job 40:11, while the contrast between divine stability and violent displacement parallels the imagery in Psalms 16:8 and Isaiah 51:23.
Why it lands — The text demands a recognition that human arrogance and wicked violence are real threats, yet places the ultimate security in God's intervention rather than self-preservation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Cross-references
- Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Isaiah 51:23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
- Job 40:11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Psalms 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- Psalms 123:3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Psalms 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Psalms 119:51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
- Psalms 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
- Psalms 119:85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.