Psalms 79:11

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! ¹  Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! ² 

biblegateway Psa 79:11

May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die.

biblegateway Psa 79:11

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.

biblegateway Psa 79:11

Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

biblegateway Psa 79:11

Give groaning prisoners a hearing; pardon those on death row from their doom--you can do it!

SABDAweb Psa 79:11

Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

bibleoremus Psa 79:11

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power preserve those doomed to die.

biblegateway Psa 79:11

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die;

biblegateway Psa 79:11

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! ¹  Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! ² 

¹ tn Heb “may the painful cry of the prisoner come before you.”

² tn 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.