Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)
New American Standard Bible
Awake to
King James Version
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Holman Bible
rise up to punish all the nations;
do not show grace to any wicked traitors.
International Standard Version
You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
American Standard Version
Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
Amplified
You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to punish all the nations;
Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou Jehovah God of armies, God of Israel, awake to review all the nations: thou wilt not compassionate all covering iniquity. Silence.
King James 2000
You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah
Modern King James verseion
And You, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the nations; do not be merciful to any plotting evil. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Stand up, O LORD God of Hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all Heathen; be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. Selah.
New Heart English Bible
You, LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake, to visit all the nations, Do not show favour to any iniquitous traitors. Selah.
Webster
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
World English Bible
You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
4 Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! 5 You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah) 6 They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.
Cross References
Genesis 33:20
There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."
Exodus 3:15
God also said to Moses, "You must say this to the Israelites, 'The Lord -- the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob -- has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.'
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
Psalm 7:12-13
If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.
Psalm 9:15
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
Psalm 54:3
For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)
Psalm 55:15
May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
Psalm 80:4
O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
Psalm 84:8
O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
Isaiah 1:10
Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
Jeremiah 18:23
But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
Ezekiel 18:27-28
When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.
Amos 9:7
"You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight," says the Lord. "Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir.
Romans 2:28-29
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
Romans 9:6
It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
James 2:13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.