11Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.


In Context

8 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

9 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.

10 My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

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

12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

13 Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 59:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

59:11But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

59:11God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.