Psalm 59:11
Strong's Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

kill them,
תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ (ta·har·ḡêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2026: 1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kill, slay 1a2) to destroy, ruin 1b) (Niphal) to be killed 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain

or
פֶּֽן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: conj 1) lest, not, beware lest adv 2) lest

my people
עַמִּ֗י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

will forget.
יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ (yiš·kə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

Scatter them
הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ (hă·nî·‘ê·mōw)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5128: 1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander

by Your power,
בְ֭חֵילְךָ (ḇə·ḥê·lə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

and bring them down,
וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ (wə·hō·w·rî·ḏê·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

O Lord,
אֲדֹנָֽי׃ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: 1) my lord, lord 1a) of men 1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

our shield.
מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ (mā·ḡin·nê·nū)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4043: 1) shield, buckler

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Young's Literal Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By Your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

New American Standard Bible
Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

King James Bible
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.

New Living Translation
Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield.

English Standard Version
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

New American Standard Bible
Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

King James Bible
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By Your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

International Standard Version
Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.

NET Bible
Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

American Standard Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English Revised Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Young's Literal Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deuteronomy 6:12
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Psalm 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Psalm 106:27
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

Psalm 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Isaiah 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 59:10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Psalm 59:9
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Psalm 59:8
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
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