Psalm 59:11
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מָגֵן
mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Key Terms in This Verse
פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →מָגֵן mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Study H4043 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and...
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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, ...
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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