Psalm 59:11 “Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power…”

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

World English Bible

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

American Standard Version

Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Geneva Bible 1599

Slay them not, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, O Lord our shield,

Darby Translation

Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Young's Literal Translation

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Bible in Basic English

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

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Cross references

“Slay”

Revelation 9:6 Genesis 4:12–15 Ecclesiastes 9:5 Judges 1:6 Judges 1:7 Ezekiel 12:15

Revelation 9:6 · BSB

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

Genesis 4:12–15 · BSB

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5 · BSB

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Judges 1:6 · BSB

As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Judges 1:7 · BSB

Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Ezekiel 12:15 · BSB

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

“scatter”

Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:64 Psalm 52:5 Leviticus 26:33 Luke 21:21 Psalm 44:11

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Psalm 52:5 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Leviticus 26:33 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Luke 21:21 · BSB

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

Psalm 44:11 · BSB

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

“bring”

Job 40:12

Job 40:12 · BSB

Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

“our shield”

Psalm 3:3 Psalm 84:11

Psalm 3:3 · BSB

But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

Psalm 84:11 · BSB

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Also

Psalm 106:27 Deuteronomy 4:9 Psalm 84:9

Psalm 106:27 · BSB

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Deuteronomy 4:9 · BSB

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchil…

Psalm 84:9 · BSB

Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

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