Psalms Chapter 59 verse 11 Holy Bible
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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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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Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
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Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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The God of my mercy will succor me: God will let me see my desire upon my enemies.
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Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
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Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Slay them not, lest my people forget; i.e. my true people - faithful Israel. The psalmist's "first thought is, that by lingering on in life for a while the wicked may be more edifying monuments of the Divine anger" (Cheyne). (For a parallel, see Exodus 9:16.) Scatter them by thy power; or, make them wanderers (comp. Genesis 4:12, 14). It has been often noted that David's curse seems to have passed on to the entire nation of the Jews. And bring them down, O Lord our Shield; i.e. "cast them down from their honourable positions bring them into misery and disgrace - O Lord, who art our Defense and Shield" (comp. Psalm 3:3; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 28:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Slay them not, lest my people forget . . .--The Spartans refused to allow the destruction of a neighbouring city, which had often called forth their armies, saying, "Destroy not the whetstone of our young men." Timon, in the play, is made to say--"Live loath'd and longYou smiling smooth detested parasites,"that the ruin of Athens might be complete, if deferred. National feeling, too, has often insisted on extreme modes of punishment, partly from vindictive feeling, partly for deterrent purposes. Witness the sequel to the Indian mutiny. But where is the parallel to the feeling that seems uppermost in the Psalmist's mind, viz., a wish for protracted retribution on the nations for the moral benefit of Israel?Scatter them.--Better, make them wander: a word applied to Cain and to the Israelite wanderings in the wilderness.
