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12 Repay our neighbors sevenfold[a] in their breasts, O Lord,
    for the insults with which they taunted you.
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,
    will offer thanks to you[b] forever;
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:12 Sevenfold: a symbolic phrase meaning fullness or superabundance (see Ps 12:7; Gen 4:24; Lev 26:21).
  2. Psalm 79:13 Offer thanks to you: see note on Ps 7:18.

12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(C)
    will praise you forever;(D)
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise.

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