Psalms 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psalms 79:11 in other translations
| BSB | May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death. |
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| WEB | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death. |
| ASV | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death; |
| YLT | Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death. |
| DARBY | Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die; |
| BBE | Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death; |
| Webster | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; |
What does Psalms 79:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:6-13
Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his…
Psalms 79:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 79:11
- Psalms 102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- Isaiah 42:7
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
- Isaiah 33:2
O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Psalms 146:6-7
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
- Exodus 2:23-24
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Psalms 69:33
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- Numbers 14:17-19
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
- Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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12:5; 69:33; 102:20; Ex 2:23,24; Isa 42:7
according.
146:6,7; Nu 14:17-19; Mt 6:13; Eph 3:20
thy power. Heb. thine arm.
Isa 33:2
preserve thou those that are appointed to die. Heb. reservethe children of death.
102:20; *marg:
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Context
- Psalms 79:10
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
- Psalms 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
- Psalms 79:12
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms 79:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entre ante tu acatamiento el gemido de los presos: conforme á la grandeza de tu brazo preserva á los sentenciados á muerte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que le gémissement du prisonnier vienne devant toi; selon la grandeur de ton bras garantis ceux qui sont voués à la mort; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Laß vor dich kommen das Seufzen des Gefangenen; nach der Größe deines Armes laß übrigbleiben die Kinder des Todes! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Operuit montes umbra ejus, et arbusta ejus cedros Dei. |