Psalms 59:11

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

9I will keep watch for you, my strength, because God is my stronghold. 10My faithful God will come to meet me; God will let me look down on my adversaries. Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield. 12For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. They utter curses and lies. 13Consume them in fury; consume them until they are gone. Then people will know throughout the earth that God rules over Jacob.Selah

Psalms 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 4:12If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
• Judges 1:6When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
• Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
• Ezekiel 12:15They will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.
• Ezekiel 14:22Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions. Then you will be consoled about the devastation I have brought on Jerusalem, about all I have brought on it.
• Revelation 9:6In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
• Psalms 44:11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
• Psalms 52:5This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
• Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 28:64Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
• Deuteronomy 30:3then he will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
• Luke 1:51He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts;
• Luke 21:21Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,
• Job 40:12Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
• Psalms 3:3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up 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