Psalms Chapter 79 verse 11 Holy Bible
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
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Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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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;
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; or, the groaning, as in Exodus 2:24. The Babylonians treated their Jewish captives variously. Some, like Daniel and the "Three Children," were favoured, and exalted to high places. But the bulk of them were afflicted and oppressed (see Lamentations 1:3-5; Lamentations 5:18, etc.). But, whether well or ill treated, all sighed to return (comp. Psalm 137:1-6). According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; literally, that are children of death, which may have the meaning assigned to it in our version, or may simply signify, "those whose death is imminent" - who cannot live long now that they are torn from their country. The phrase recurs in Psalm 102:20.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Appointed to die.--See margin. This expression, as well as the "sighing of the prisoners," occurs, Psalm 102:20, of the sufferers in the Captivity.