Psalm 59:11

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Summary

Psalm 59:11

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Slay

Scatter

Bring

Job 40:12

Our shield

Psalm 3:3

Psalm 84:11

Bible References

Slay

When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.

So they will know and understand fully that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the [pagan] countries.

Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it [escaping the judgments], both sons and daughters. Listen carefully, they are going to come out to you [in Babylon] and you will see their [wicked] conduct and [despicable] actions; then you will be at peace in regard to the disaster which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought on it [has been deserved].

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

Scatter

You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton]
And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.

The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.

And the Lord will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you will [be forced to] serve other gods, [lifeless gods of] wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you.

So they will know and understand fully that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the [pagan] countries.

“He has done mighty deeds with His [powerful] arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

At that time, those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside the city (Jerusalem) must get out, and those who are [out] in the country must not enter the city;

Bring

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.

Our shield

But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.