Psalms 79:12
Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 4:15 : 15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
- Jer 32:18 : 18 You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
- Lev 26:21 : 21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
- Lev 26:28 : 28 I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.
- Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
- Prov 6:31 : 31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
- Isa 65:5-7 : 5 They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. 6 Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, 7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”
- Ps 44:16 : 16 before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
- Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Ps 74:18-22 : 18 Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name! 19 Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people! 20 Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. 21 Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! 22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!
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64ת(Tav) Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to what they have done.
65Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!
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13You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
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4We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
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6You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.
- Ps 89:50-512 verses74%
50Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
51Your enemies, O LORD, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
- Ps 79:10-112 verses74%
10Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
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16before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
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4Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
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13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.
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10but who pays back those who hate him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!
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1The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.
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7The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!
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11Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!
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18Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!
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10As for you, O LORD, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”
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6Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
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16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.
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18He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.
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20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!
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10How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
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7in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.
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2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!
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29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”
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41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
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22for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
- Ps 69:26-272 verses71%
26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.
27Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!
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10You made us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.
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30Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.
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19Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
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3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!
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7For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.
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24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!
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11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
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5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
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3Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.
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7“You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day– the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.
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15The Coming Day of the Lord“For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
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12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
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9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
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61ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.
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23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
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4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,
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4Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? If you are, I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!
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13Turn back toward us, O LORD! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!