Psalm 59:11

New International Reader's Version

Lord, you are like a shield that keeps us safe. Don’t kill my enemies all at once. If you do, my people will forget about it. Use your power to pull my enemies up by the roots like weeds. Destroy them.

Cross References

Job 40:12

Look at proud people and make them humble. Crush evil people right where they are.

Psalm 106:27

He promised he would scatter their children’s children among the nations. He would make them die in other lands.

Psalm 118:7

The Lord is with me. He helps me. I win the battle over my enemies.

Psalm 3:3

Lord, you are like a shield that keeps me safe. You bring me honor. You help me win the battle.

Psalm 44:11

You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 52:5

So God will destroy you forever. He will grab you and pluck you from your tent. He will remove you from this life.

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is like the sun that gives us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor. He doesn’t hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame.

Psalm 84:9

God, may you be pleased with your anointed king. You appointed him to be like a shield that keeps us safe.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed.

Luke 21:21

Those who are in Judea should then escape to the mountains. Those in the city should get out. Those in the country should not enter the city.

Deuteronomy 28:64

Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will drive you out of your land. He will scatter you among the nations. Only a few of you will remain alive there.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them.

Revelation 9:6

In those days, people will look for a way to die but won’t find it. They will want to die, but death will escape them.

1 Samuel 24:5

Later, David felt sorry that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.