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Psalms 79:10

Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

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ASV

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

KJV

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֤מָּה׀La.mah<to> why?H4100 →
יֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.Ruwill they sayH559 →
הַגּוֹיִם֮ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אַיֵּ֪ה'ai.Yehwhere?H346 →
אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יהֶ֥ם'elo.Hei.Hem[is] God theirH430 →
יִוָּדַ֣עyi.va.Da'let it be knownH3045 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֣םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471 →
לְעֵינֵ֑ינוּle.'ei.Nei.nuto eyes ourH5869 →
נִ֝קְמַ֗תnik.Mat[the] vengeance ofH5360 →
דַּֽם־dam-[the] blood ofH1818 →
עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650 →
הַשָּׁפֽוּךְ׃ha.sha.Fukh<the> poured outH8210 →

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Psalms 30:1I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”Ezekiel 37:28Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”Exodus 7:5And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”Ezekiel 39:21–22I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Psalms 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.Psalms 115:2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”Psalms 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”Psalms 83:17–18May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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