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Psalm 59:11
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KJ21
Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Thy power and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
ASV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
AMP
Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield!
AMPC
Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield!
BRG
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
CSB
Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
CSBA
Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
CEB
Don’t kill them, or my people might forget; instead, by your power shake them up and bring them down, you who are our shield and my Lord.
CJB
God, who gives me grace, will come to me; God will let me gaze in triumph at my foes.
CEV
Don't kill them, or everyone may forget! Just use your mighty power to make them tremble and fall. You are a shield for your people.
DARBY
Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
DRA
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
ERV
Don’t just kill them, or my people might forget. My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.
EASY
Do not kill them yet, or my people will soon forget. Use your power to send them away without homes. Then make them fall! You are our Lord who keeps us safe like a soldier's shield.
EHV
Do not kill them, or my people may forget. In your might make them wander about. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
ESV
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
ESVUK
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
EXB
Lord, our ·protector [L shield], do not kill them, or my people will forget. With your power ·scatter them [make them wander] and ·defeat them [L bring them down].
GNV
Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord, our shield,
GW
Do not kill them. Otherwise, my people may forget. Make them wander aimlessly by your power. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield,
GNT
Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.
HCSB
Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By Your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
ICB
Lord, our protector, do not kill them. If you do, my people will forget. With your power scatter them and defeat them.
ISV
Don’t kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.
JUB
Slay them not lest my people forget; scatter them by thy power and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
KJV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
AKJV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
LSB
Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
LEB
Do not kill them, lest my people forget. Make them to wander by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
TLB
Don’t kill them—for my people soon forget such lessons—but stagger them with your power and bring them to their knees. Bring them to the dust, O Lord our shield.
MSG
Don’t make quick work of them, God, lest my people forget. Bring them down in slow motion, take them apart piece by piece. Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance catch up with them, Catch them out and bring them down —every muttered curse —every barefaced lie. Finish them off in fine style! Finish them off for good! Then all the world will see that God rules well in Jacob, everywhere that God’s in charge.
MEV
Do not slay them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
NOG
Do not kill them. Otherwise, my people may forget. Make them wander aimlessly by your power. Bring them down, O Adonay, our Magen,
NABRE
my loving God. May God go before me, and show me my fallen foes.
NASB
Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
NASB1995
Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
NCB
O God of mercy. May God go before me and allow me to have my way with my enemies.
NCV
Lord, our protector, do not kill them, or my people will forget. With your power scatter them and defeat them.
NET
Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us.
NIRV
Lord, you are like a shield that keeps us safe. Don’t kill my enemies all at once. If you do, my people will forget about it. Use your power to pull my enemies up by the roots like weeds. Destroy them.
NIV
But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.
NIVUK
But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.
NKJV
Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
NLV
Do not kill them, or my people may forget. Divide them by Your power and bring them down, O Lord, our safe-covering.
NLT
Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield.
NRSVA
Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
NRSVACE
Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
NRSVCE
Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
NRSVUE
Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
OJB
Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Thy power; and bring them down, Adonoi mogineinu (our Shield).
RGT
Do not kill them, lest my people forget it. But scatter them by Your power; and put them down, O LORD, our shield,
RSV
Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
RSVCE
Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
TLV
My God in His lovingkindness will go before me. God will let me look down on my foes.
VOICE
Don’t wipe them out, or my people may one day forget. Instead, use Your power to scatter and bring them to ruin. O Lord, You are our protection.
WEB
Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
WYC
slay thou not them; lest any time my peoples forget. Scatter thou them in thy virtue; and, Lord, my defender, put thou them down. (But kill thou them not; lest any time my people forget. Rather, scatter thou them by thy strength; and, O Lord, my defender, put thou them down.)
YLT
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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