Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned 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;
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.
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.
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 nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations! 11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! 12 Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:20
in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
Exodus 2:23-24
During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
Psalm 69:33
For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.
Psalm 146:6-7
the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
Isaiah 33:2
Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.
Isaiah 42:7
to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
Matthew 6:13
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
Numbers 14:17-19
So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said,