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Psalm 79:11

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79:11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners!17

Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!18

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Psalm 79:11: Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

Footnotes

  1. 17 Heb “may the painful cry of the prisoner come before you.”
  2. 18 Heb “according to the greatness of your arm leave the sons of death.” God’s “arm” here symbolizes his strength to deliver. The verbal form הוֹתֵר (hoter) is a Hiphil imperative from יָתַר (yatar, “to remain; to be left over”). Here it must mean “to leave over; to preserve.” However, it is preferable to emend the form to הַתֵּר (hatter), a Hiphil imperative from נָתַר (natar, “be free”). The Hiphil form is used in Ps 105:20 of Pharaoh freeing Joseph from prison. The phrase “sons of death” (see also Ps 102:21) is idiomatic for those condemned to die.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;

according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May the groans of the prisoners come before you;

with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;

according to your great power,

preserve those condemned to die.

NLTNew Living Translation

Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.

Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you.

According to the greatness of your power,

spare the children appointed to death.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;

According to the greatness of thy power

Preserve thou those that are appointed to die;