Psalms 59:11 · KJV
“Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.”
— Psalms 59:11
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see {my desire} upon mine enemies. {enemies: Heb. observers}
{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.
Psalms 59 — Context
{Because of} his strength will I wait upon thee: for God {is} my defence. {defence: Heb. high place}
10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see {my desire} upon mine enemies. {enemies: Heb. observers}
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.
13Consume {them} in wrath, consume {them}, that they {may} not {be}: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 3:3
But thou, O LORD, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {for: or, about}
Luke 1:51-52
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Deuteronomy 28:64
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, {even} wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 4:27
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Luke 21:21
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Psalms 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}
Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.