Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. ¹  Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us! ² 

biblegateway Psa 59:11

Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By Your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

Do not kill them. Otherwise, my people may forget. Make them wander aimlessly by your power. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield,

biblegateway Psa 59:11

But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.

Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

bibleoremus Psa 59:11

Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Will you not kill them, lest my people be tempted to forget? Scatter them by your might and bring them to ruin, Lord, my shield.

biblegateway Psa 59:11

Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

biblegateway Psa 59:11

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. ¹  Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us! ² 

¹ tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”

¹ sn My people might forget the lesson. Swift, sudden destruction might be quickly forgotten. The psalmist wants God’s judgment to be prolonged so that it might be a continual reminder of divine justice.

² tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”