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Psalms 79:11

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. revenging: Heb. vengeance
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; thy: Heb. thine arm preserve: Heb. reserve the children of death

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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve you those that are appointed to die;

79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

What does Psalms 79:11 mean?

Psalms 79:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֲנָקָה (ʼănâqâh), אָסִיר (ʼâçîyr), בּוֹא (bôwʼ).

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Let
the
sighingאֲנָקָהʼănâqâh/an-aw-kaw'/H603shrieking
of
the
prisonerאָסִירʼâçîyr/aw-sere'/H615bound, i.e. a captive
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
thee;
according
to
the
greatnessגֹּדֶלgôdel/go'-del/H1433magnitude (literally or figuratively)
of
thy
powerזְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
preserveיָתַרyâthar/yaw-thar'/H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
thou
those
that
are
appointedבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
to
die;תְּמוּתָהtᵉmûwthâh/tem-oo-thaw'/H8546execution (as a doom)
thy:
Heb.
thine
arm
preserve:
Heb.
reserve
the
children
of
death

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 79:11.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Deuteronomy 11:2

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth

Genesis 6:18

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 7:1

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 79:11 say?

Psalms 79:11 (King James Version) reads: "Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; thy: Heb. thine arm preserve: Heb. reserve the children of death"

Is Psalms 79:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 79:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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