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 death."

"The sighing of the prisoner." This is a clear reference to the fact of the nation being in captivity, servants of the king of Babylon.

"Those that are appointed to death." The margin here gives an alternative reading, "the children of death." The reference is to the many who would die under the rigors of Babylonian servitude, and especially those who would die during the hardship of the long journey on foot to Babylon.