Psalms 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee - literally, 'into thy sight,' even as the sighing of Israel in the Egyptian bondage "came up unto God by reason of the bondage." Now again the people are as it were a "prisoner."

According to the greatness of thy power - literally, 'of thine arm' ().

Preserve thou those that are appointed to die - literally, 'the children of the dying;' a Hebrew idiom (), "the children of the needy;" i:e., the needy. Compare with this clause , "according unto the greatness of thy mercy" (). The answer to the prayer appears in the prophetic anticipation in , "He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary ... to loose those that are appointed to death," - literally, 'the children, if dying.'