11 Slay them [a]not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord, our shield,

12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be [b]taken in their pride, even for their perjury and lies, that they speak.

13 [c]Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, even unto the ends of the world. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:11 Altogether, but by little and little, that the people seeing oftentimes thy judgments, may be mindful of thee.
  2. Psalm 59:12 That in their misery and shame they may be as glasses and examples of God’s vengeance.
  3. Psalm 59:13 When thy time shall come, and when they have sufficiently served for an example of thy vengeance unto others.

11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[a](A)
    or my people will forget.(B)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.(C)
12 For the sins of their mouths,(D)
    for the words of their lips,(E)
    let them be caught in their pride.(F)
For the curses and lies they utter,
13     consume them in your wrath,
    consume them till they are no more.(G)
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob.(H)

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  1. Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign