Psalms 59:13

¹¹ Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

¹² By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

¹⁴ They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

¹⁵ They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
KJV: Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
WEB: Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
ASV: Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah
DARBY: Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
BLB: Consume [them] in fury, consume [them], and they are no more! And let them know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah

ÅB: Gjør ende på dem i vrede, gjør ende på dem, så de ikke mere er til, og la dem vite at Gud er den som hersker i Jakob inntil jordens ender! Sela.
OTB: Fortær dem i vrede, fortær dem så de ikke er mer;
Så folk kan vite at Gud hersker i Jakob,
Til jordens ender.
Sela
B1930: Gjør ende på dem i vrede, gjør ende på dem, så de ikke mere er til, og la dem vite at Gud er den som hersker i Jakob inntil jordens ender! Sela.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 83:18
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
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Psalms 7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
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Ezekiel 39:7
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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Psalms 59:11
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
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Ezekiel 38:23
I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 2:14–16
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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Deuteronomy 7:22–23
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
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Numbers 14:34–35
In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
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