Psalms 59:11 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 59:11 NIV (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.
Psalms 59:11 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
Psalms 59:11 NLT (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.
Psalms 59:11 CSB (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.
Psalms 59:11 KJV (King James Version)
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59:11 NKJV (New King James Version)
Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59:11-13 MSG (The Message)
Don’t make quick work of them, GOD, lest my people forget. Bring them down in slow motion, take them apart piece by piece. Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance catch up with them, Catch them out and bring them down —every muttered curse —every barefaced lie. Finish them off in fine style! Finish them off for good! Then all the world will see that God rules well in Jacob, everywhere that God’s in charge.
Psalms 59:11 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
Psalms 59:11 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield!
Psalms 59:11 NET (New English Translation)
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!