59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson. 1
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us! 2
59:12 They speak sinful words. 3
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak!
59:13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!
Let them know that God rules
in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)
1 tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”
2 tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”
3 tn Heb “the sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips.”