Psalms 59:11

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

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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 59:11 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
  2. Leviticus 26:33But 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.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:9Only 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 grandchildren.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:27Then 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.
  5. Deuteronomy 28:64Then 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.
  6. Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
  7. Judges 1:6As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
  8. 1 Samuel 24:5Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
  9. Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
  10. Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  11. Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
  12. Psalms 52:5Surely 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
  13. Psalms 84:9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
  14. Psalms 84:11For 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.
  15. Psalms 106:27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
  16. Psalms 118:7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
  17. Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  18. Ezekiel 12:15And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
  19. Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
  20. Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
  21. Luke 21:21Then 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.
  22. Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

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