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Psalms 59:11
11Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield!
Psalms 59:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- New International Version (NIV)But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Context of Psalms 59:11
9O [God] my strength, I will watch for You; For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower]. 10My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me]. Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield! 12For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, Let them even be trapped in their pride, And on account of the curses and lies which they tell. 13Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more; Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel) To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 59:11 word by word
אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
- them not, lest my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- scatterנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
- them by thy powerחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
- and bring them downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- our shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
Cross-references for Psalms 59:11
- Genesis 4:12When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”
- Judges 1:6But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
- Ezekiel 12:15So they will know and understand fully that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the [pagan] countries.
- Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it [escaping the judgments], both sons and daughters. Listen carefully, they are going to come out to you [in Babylon] and you will see their [wicked] conduct and [despicable] actions; then you will be at peace in regard to the disaster which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought on it [has been deserved].
- Revelation 9:6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.
- Psalms 44:11You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton] And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.
- Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; He will take you away and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
- Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
- Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
- Deuteronomy 28:64And the Lord will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you will [be forced to] serve other gods, [lifeless gods of] wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you.
- Luke 1:51He has done mighty deeds with His [powerful] arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
- Luke 21:21At that time, those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside the city (Jerusalem) must get out, and those who are [out] in the country must not enter the city;
- Job 40:12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him, And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.
- Psalms 3:3But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head.
Commentaries on Psalms 59:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Slay them not, lest my people forget - I believe the Chaldee gives the true sense of this verse: "Do not slay them suddenly, lest my people should forget. Drive them from their habitations by thy power, and reduce them to poverty by the loss of their property." Preserve them long in a state of chastisement that Israel may see thou hast undertaken for them: that thy hand is on the wicked for evil and on them for good. The Canaanites were not suddenly…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Slay them not, lest my people forget - The meaning of this seems to be, Do not destroy them at once, lest, being removed out of the way, the people should forget what was done, or should lose the impression which it is desirable should be produced by their punishment. Let them live, and let them wander about, as exiles under the divine displeasure, that they may be permanent and enduring proofs of the justice of God; of the evil of sin; of the danger of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13The psalmist prays that the wicked will suffer the same pain they have caused others.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Slay them not--at once (Jud 2:21-23); but perpetuate their punishment (Ge 4:12; Nu 32:13), by scattering or making them wander, and humble them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 59
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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