“Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 79 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.