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Psalm 79:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 79:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes make it clearly known among those nations
that you avenge[a] the blood of your servants.
11 Let the groans of the captives come before you;
through your great power
save those who have been sentenced to death.[b]
12 Repay our neighbors sevenfold[c] in their breasts, O Lord,
for the insults with which they taunted you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:10 You avenge: God is the avenger of blood in Israel (see Pss 18:48; 19:15; 58:11f; 94:1; 149:7; Deut 32:43).
- Psalm 79:11 Captives . . . those who have been sentenced to death: literally, “the sons of death,” i.e., the exiles in Babylonia (see Ps 102:21) who are under threat of death if they seek to escape.
- Psalm 79:12 Sevenfold: a symbolic phrase meaning fullness or superabundance (see Ps 12:7; Gen 4:24; Lev 26:21).
