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

9Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold. 10My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes. Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. 12On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter. 13Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psalms 59:11 word by word

אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Do not slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• orפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• will forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• Scatterנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
• them by Your powerחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• and bringיָרַדyârad · 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 will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.”
• Judges 1:6But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
• Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
• Ezekiel 12:15So they will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries.
• Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.
• Revelation 9:6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
• Psalms 44:11You give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations.
• Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
• Leviticus 26:33You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
• Deuteronomy 28:64Moreover, the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.
• Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
• Luke 1:51He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
• Luke 21:21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;
• Job 40:12Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked where they stand.
• Psalms 3:3But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, 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

Topics related to Psalms 59:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
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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