Sálmarnir 79:12

Heilögum Biblíunni

12 og gjald nágrönnum vorum sjöfalt háðungina er þeir hafa sýnt þér, Drottinn.

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render: Genesis 4:15, Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:28, Isaiah 65:5-7, Jeremiah 32:18, Luke 6:38

wherewith: See note on Psalms 44:16, and see note on Psalms 74:18-22.

Reciprocal: Numbers 15:30 - reproacheth 1 Samuel 17:26 - reproach 2 Kings 19:16 - which hath sent Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach Nehemiah 4:4 - turn Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 42:3 - while Psalms 59:12 - For the Isaiah 37:17 - hear Isaiah 65:6 - but Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded Lamentations 5:1 - behold Hebrews 10:33 - by reproaches

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And render unto our neighbours seven fold into their bosom, ec.] 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 Genesis 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, Psalms 89:50, and this is what a righteous recompence is desired for; see Lamentations 3:64.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And render unto our neighbors - That is, the neighbors who had reproached them; the surrounding people who had seen these calamities come upon them, and who had regarded these calamities as proof that their God was unable to protect them, or that they were suffering under his displeasure. See the notes at Psalms 79:4. “Sevenfold.” Seven times the amount of reproach which they have heaped upon us. The word seven is often used to denote many, as seven was one of the perfect numbers. The idea is that of complete or full vengeance. Compare Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:24; Proverbs 6:31; Isaiah 30:26; Matthew 18:21-22; Luke 17:4.

Into their bosom ... - Perhaps the allusion here is to the custom of carrying things in the bosom of the flowing dress as it was girded around the loins. “Let them be made to carry with them seven times the amount of reproach which they have endeavored to heap on us.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 79:12. Sevenfold into their bosom — That is, Let them get in this world what they deserve for the cruelties they have inflicted on us. Let them suffer in captivity, who now have us in bondage. Probably this is a prediction.