Ps 11 3 When the foundations are being destroyed,

what can the righteous do ?"

6 On the wicked he will rain

fiery coals and burning sulfur;

a scorching wind will be their lot."

This Psalm is teaching that God leads His elect in the path that is very slow. The context of the evil that we face in our particular place is more dangerous than we could imagine. Our tendency is to move faster than Gods timing. The Psalmist is saying that the dangers that we face are hidden from our view. This is why he says that the arrows come from the shadows.

When he is using the word wicked it is a person who is part of a history of the redefinition of Gods law. In this sense the wicked are being used by Satan in this universal scheme that has been refined through many generations. So the scheme was planned at sometime in the past and it was refined by a new addition from one generation to another. So we view it from Gods view point which is from the beginning of the world in its proliferation as the scheme was conceived and refined resulted in the foundations being destroyed. The foundations are the meta physical laws of nature and governments.

So the Psalmist is applying the safe way to advance in a dangerous world. He does not offer himself as the opposition to the wicked. The Psalmist always puts the battle in the context of God and the wicked who are the arm of Satan. When we believe that we are important then we move faster than God has planned. We miss understand the danger that we face. God always prepares our path by judging the potential threat

The principle is that we always suffer because the foundations of society have been turned upside down. But we are always protected by God. The curse always pushes the evil down. The blessing always prevents our personal harm. We may suffer loss but God will protect our lives.

You find this phrase "scorching wind" in the story of Jonah. The Psalmist says that Gods fire goes out before us and consumes our foes on every side. We must learn to be in the defensive position and slow to make judgements. We must learn through pronouncing to move by illumination. In other words nothing will affect us because we will always retreat into Psalm meditation.

Jonah was afraid of the violence in the city of Nineveh. There is no such evil that exist apart from violence. Just like Jonah we should be concerned for our safety. Jonah wanted the city to be judged by God before he preached. He would rather be swallowed by a whale than to face the violence of Nineveh. Jonah thought that God would not judge Nineveh and that thought made him turn away from preaching in the city. If God did not judge the wicked then Jonah would not be protected. Then God sends the "scorching wind". Anyone who was taught in the Temple knows that scorching wind was sent to judge the wicked. We must understand that these historical events are written as illustrations of the teaching. When you memorize the Psalms you find the concepts that are in the narrative. We find when Jonah sat outside the city is when God judged the city. We cannot teach that the message of salvation is without judgement . We cannot make judgement opposed to the saving message. We are saved because of judgement. This is what Jonah confesses that salvation is in God alone. The whole point of the book ending with God vindicating Himself is that we do not have a record of Jonah preaching.