Parallel Verses
Amplified
Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
New American Standard Bible
According to the greatness of Your
King James Version
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Holman Bible
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.
International Standard Version
Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death.
A Conservative Version
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,
American Standard Version
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
Darby Translation
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
Julia Smith Translation
The mourning of the bound shall come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm let the sons of death remain
King James 2000
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve you those that are appointed to die;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your {power}, spare [the] children [appointed to] death.
Modern King James verseion
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, leave a remnant of those who are to die,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.
NET Bible
Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
New Heart English Bible
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
The Emphasized Bible
Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, - According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.
Webster
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
World English Bible
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
Themes
Power » Of God » Pleaded in prayer
Power » Of God » Described as » Great
God, Power of » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
God, Power of » Described as » Great
Prisoners » Of war » Consolations for
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
Topics
References
Easton
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 79:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
10
Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.
Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold
The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:20
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
Exodus 2:23-24
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
Psalm 12:5
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psalm 69:33
For the Lord hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
Psalm 146:6-7
Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them,
Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,
Isaiah 33:2
O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited [expectantly] for You.
Be the arm of Your servants every morning [that is, their strength and their defense],
Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes of the blind,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
Matthew 6:13
Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,
Numbers 14:17-19
But now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,