Psalms 59:11

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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!

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  • Ps 3:3 : 3 But you, LORD, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.
  • Ps 44:11 : 11 You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)
  • Ps 84:9 : 9 O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
  • Ps 106:27 : 27 make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.
  • Ezek 12:15-16 : 15 “Then they will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries. 16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  • Ezek 14:22-23 : 22 Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem– for everything I brought on it. 23 They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;
  • Luke 21:21 : 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,
  • Rev 9:6 : 6 In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
  • Gen 4:12-15 : 12 When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.” 13 Then Cain said to the LORD,“My punishment is too great to endure! 14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
  • Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
  • Deut 28:64 : 64 The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
  • Deut 30:3-4 : 3 the LORD your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you. 4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back.
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 Adoni-Bezek said,“Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • Job 40:12 : 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

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  • Ps 59:12-13
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    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

    13Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth!(Selah)

  • Ps 59:10
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    10The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

  • Jer 18:21-23
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    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

    22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

  • Ps 58:7
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    7Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

  • Ps 144:6
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    6Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!

  • Ps 109:15
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    15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19Rise up, LORD! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

    20Terrify them, LORD! Let the nations know they are mere mortals!(Selah)

  • Deut 32:26-27
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    26The Weakness of Other Gods“I said,‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

    27But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • Ps 35:24-25
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    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • Ps 59:1
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    1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

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    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Jer 17:18
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    18May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

  • Ps 40:14
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    14May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 144:2
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    2who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

  • Ps 79:10-11
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    10Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

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    7Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

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    8O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack!(Selah)

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    11O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

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    4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 69:24-25
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    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

    25May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

  • Ps 7:5
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    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

  • Ps 94:5
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    5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

  • Ps 22:19
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    19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

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    16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.

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    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

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    9Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

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    41You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

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    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Ps 59:5
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    5You, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers!(Selah)

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    5They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

  • Jer 11:19
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    19Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”

  • Ps 55:23
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    23But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

  • Ps 40:11
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    11O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

  • Deut 33:11
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    11Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

  • Ps 139:19
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    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!