Psalms 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.In other versions
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
ASV
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
BBE
Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
DBY
Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
WEB
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
YLT
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
ENG
The God of my mercy will succor me: God will let me see my desire upon my enemies.
WBT
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
BSB
In context
9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.