10 My merciful God will [a]prevent me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

11 Slay them [b]not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord, our shield,

12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be [c]taken in their pride, even for their perjury and lies, that they speak.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:10 He will not fail to succor me when need requireth.
  2. Psalm 59:11 Altogether, but by little and little, that the people seeing oftentimes thy judgments, may be mindful of thee.
  3. Psalm 59:12 That in their misery and shame they may be as glasses and examples of God’s vengeance.

10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[a](A)
    or my people will forget.(B)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.(C)
12 For the sins of their mouths,(D)
    for the words of their lips,(E)
    let them be caught in their pride.(F)
For the curses and lies they utter,

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  1. Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign