Psalms 59:11
But do not kill them immediately in order that my people will not forget how you punished them! Instead, Lord, you who are like a shield that protects us [MET], scatter them by your power, and then defeat them.
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Leviticus 26:33I will enable your enemies to kill you with their swords, and I will cause the rest of you to be scattered among other nations. Your country will be ruined and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 4:27And the rest of you, Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will ◄survive/remain alive► there.
Deuteronomy 30:3he will be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again.
1 Samuel 24:5And then he returned to his men. But then David felt guilty for having cut off a piece of Saul’s robe.
Psalms 3:3But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me [MET]. You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) [IDM].
Psalms 52:5But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!)
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:9-17
Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O Lord , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 12 For 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.… Read the whole commentary →