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Psalm 59

Psa. 59:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Slay
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
m them not, lest my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
: scatter
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
them by thy power
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
; and bring them down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
, O Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
our shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
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Gen. 4:12,15• 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth.
 15And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, it shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. (Gen. 4:12,15)
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Rev. 9:6• 6And in those days shall men seek death and shall in no wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. (Rev. 9:6)

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Slay.
Gen. 4:12‑15• 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth.
 13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment [is] greater than to be borne.
 14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day on the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth; and it will come to pass [that] every one finding me shall slay me.
 15And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, it shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. (Gen. 4:12‑15)
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Judg. 1:6‑7• 6{i}And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.{/i}
 7{i}And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.{/i} (Judg. 1:6‑7)
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Eccl. 9:5• 5For the living know that they shall die:{HR}But the dead know not anything,{HR}Neither have they anymore a reward,{HR}For the memory of them is forgotten. (Eccl. 9:5)
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Ezek. 12:15‑16• 15And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
 16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 12:15‑16)
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Ezek. 14:22‑23• 22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
 23And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 14:22‑23)
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Rev. 9:6• 6And in those days shall men seek death and shall in no wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. (Rev. 9:6)
scatter.
Psa. 44:11• 11Thou givest us as sheep (for) food,{HR}And among the Gentiles hast thou scattered us. (Psa. 44:11)
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Psa. 52:5• 5God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. (Psa. 52:5)
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Lev. 26:33• 33And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste. (Lev. 26:33)
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Deut. 4:27• 27{i}And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.{/i} (Deut. 4:27)
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Deut. 28:64• 64{i}And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone.{/i} (Deut. 28:64)
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Deut. 30:3‑4• 3{i}that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will gather thee again from all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.{/i}
 4{i}Though there were of you driven out unto the end of the heavens, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee;{/i} (Deut. 30:3‑4)
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Ezek. 12:15• 15And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. (Ezek. 12:15)
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Luke 1:51‑52• 51He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:51‑52)
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Luke 21:21• 21Then let those who are in Judea flee unto the mountains, and those in the midst of it depart out, and those in the fields not enter into it. (Luke 21:21)
bring.
Job 40:12• 12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place; (Job 40:12)
our shield.
Psa. 3:3• 3But thou, Jehovah, [art] a shield round about me;{HR}My glory and the lifter up of my head. (Psa. 3:3)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
• He would rather see those who had prolonged the suffering of God’s people come themselves to a lingering end, as an example to God’s people of retributive justice. (“Psalm 59” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Slay them not, lest my people forget;{HR}Scatter them in thy power and bring them down,{HR}O Lord our shield.