John Trapp on Psalms 11:2

Verſ. 2. For loe, the wicked bend their bow] ſcil. to ſhoot at you a ſilly Bird; you were beſt therefore to be packing,Nam ecce inquitis impii appoſuerunt pedem arcui. Beza. and not to ſtay till you come tumbling down, as a Bird fetcht off with a bolt. This hath ever been the guiſe of the Churches enemies, and is ſtill, to terrifie her (if they could) and affright her out of her faith, and true religion. Nebuchadnezzar for inſtance, Antiochus that little Antichriſt, the primitive Perſecutors, and ſtill the Papiſts with their cruel Inquiſition, and otherwiſe. But what ſaith the Apoſtle, In nothing be terrified by your adverſaries, Phil. 1.28. Be not afraid with any amazement, 1 Pet. 3.6. Nos quidem ne que expaveſcimus ne que pertimeſcimus ea quae ab ignorantibus patimur, Ad Scapulam, ſaith Tertullian; We fear not what any of you can do to us, do your worſt. Contemptus eſt à me Romanin & favor & furor, ſaid Luther, I care not for Romes frowns, or fair hooks. This the blinde World counteth, and calleth ſillineſs, or ſtubbornneſs, but they know not the force of faith, nor the privie armour of proof, that the Saints have about their hearts. They make ready their Arrow upon the ſtring (not in the quiver as the Vulgar reads it.)

That they may privily ſhoot] Heb. to ſhoot in the darkneſs: ſo that although the Saints hide themſelves in Caves, and dark corners, yet they are ferreted out thence by their Perſecutors, as David was by Saul often. And this ſome hold to bee the meaning of that place, Pſal. 74.20. The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty; that is, we can hideour ſelves no where, but the Perſecutors find us out.