Afternoon Prayer

Psalm 11 1In the LORD have I taken refuge; * how then can you say to me, "Fly away like a bird to the hilltop; 2For see how the wicked bend the bow and fit their arrows to the string, * to shoot from ambush at the true of heart. 3When the foundations are being destroyed, * what can the righteous do?" 4The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORD'S throne is in heaven. 5His eyes behold the inhabited world; * his piercing eye weighs our worth. 6The LORD weighs the righteous as well as the wicked, * but those who delight in violence he abhors. 7Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire and burning sulphur; * a scorching wind shall be their lot. 8For the LORD is righteous; he delights in righteous deeds; * and the just shall see his face.