Psalms 79:12 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 79:12

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

KJV

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 12, on Psalm 78 (420)

Render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom. It seems to me that he does not ask against them, but for them: that is, give them your sabbath. Now "sabbath" is interpreted as rest. What he says is this: make them rest in their wickedness. Or else, otherwise: render it to them here, and do not render it to them in the time to come.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And render unto our neighbours seven fold into their bosom, Not seven fold for one, as the Targum paraphrases it, or a seven fold punishment for one sin; but that he would recompense their sins, or punish for them, and take vengeance on them, largely, abundantly, though not beyond measure, or exceeding the rules of justice; see Gen 4:15, the reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Lord; by denying his being, or calling in question his perfections of power, truth, and goodness, to help his people; speaking ill of his providence, despising his word and ordinances, and even reproaching his people in reproaching him, Psa 89:50, and this is what a righteous recompence is desired for; see Lam 3:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This prayer is a prophecy, of the same import with that of Enoch, that God will convince sinners of all their hard speeches which they have spoken against him ( Jude 15 ) and will return them into their own bosoms by everlasting terrors at the remembrance of them.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָ֘שֵׁ֤ב	ve.Ha.Shev	and repay	H7725 →
לִשְׁכֵנֵ֣ינוּ	lish.khe.Nei.nu	to neighbors our	H7934 →
שִׁ֭בְעָתַיִם	Shiv.'a.ta.yim	sevenfold	H7659 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
חֵיקָ֑ם	chei.Kam	bosom their	H2436 →
חֶרְפָּ֘תָ֤ם	cher.Pa.Tam	reproach their	H2781 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
חֵרְפ֣וּךָ	che.re.Fu.kha	they reproached you	H2778 →
אֲדֹנָֽי׃	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 6:31
Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
leads to
- Luke 19:8
  But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
- Exodus 22:1–4
  “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
- Job 20:18
  He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- 2 Samuel 12:6
  Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
Through
Genesis 4:15
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
leads to
- Ezekiel 9:4
  “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Through
Jeremiah 32:18
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:16
  The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Exodus 34:7
  maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and…
- Deuteronomy 5:9–10
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…

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

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms