Psalms 79:12 meaning and explanation
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Psalms 79:12, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalmist, a temple singer of the Asaph guild, prays after Jerusalem's temple has been defiled and its people slaughtered by foreign nations. In verse 12 he asks God to return the neighbors' mockery "sevenfold," a number signaling complete, overflowing measure rather than exact arithmetic.
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