Psalms 79:11
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
- KJV
- Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
- WEB
- Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
- ASV
- Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
- DARBY
- Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
- BLB
- Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; by the greatness of Your power, preserve the sons of death.
- ÅB
- la den fangnes sukk komme for ditt åsyn, la dødens barn bli i live etter din arms styrke,
- OTB
- La klagen fra fangen komme foran deg;
I henhold til din makts storhet, la dem som er bestemt til å dø bli spart. - B1930
- la den fangnes sukk komme for ditt åsyn, la dødens barn bli i live efter din arms styrke,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
Read in contextIsaiah 42:7
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:2
O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Read in contextPsalms 146:6–7
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Read in contextExodus 2:23–24
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Read in contextPsalms 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Read in contextPsalms 69:33
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
Read in contextEphesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
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