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Psalm 59:11-13
New English Translation
Psalm 59:11-13
New English Translation
11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson.[a]
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us.[b]
12 They speak sinful words.[c]
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak.
13 Angrily wipe them out. Wipe them out so they vanish.
Let them know that God rules
over Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:11 tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”sn My people might forget the lesson. Swift, sudden destruction might be quickly forgotten. The psalmist wants God’s judgment to be prolonged so that it might be a continual reminder of divine justice.
- Psalm 59:11 tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”
- Psalm 59:12 tn Heb “the sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips.”
Psalm 59:11-13
New International Version
Psalm 59:11-13
New International Version
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,
13 consume them in your wrath,
consume them till they are no more.(G)
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.(H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign
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