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10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let it[a] be known among the nations before our eyes,
by the avenging of the blood of your servants
that was poured out.
11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you.
According to the greatness of your power,[b]
spare[c] the children appointed to death.
12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold upon them[d]
their taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:10 That is, God’s name
  2. Psalm 79:11 Literally “arm”
  3. Psalm 79:11 Or “leave a remnant of”
  4. Psalm 79:12 Hebrew “into their bosom”