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11 Let the cries of the prisoners reach you.
    With the strength of your power,
        release those condemned to death.[a]
12 Pay back our neighbors seven times[b]
    the reproach with which they reproached you, Lord.
13     Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,
    will praise you always, from generation to generation.
        We will declare your praise.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:11 Lit. the sons of death
  2. Psalm 79:12 Or seven-fold

11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
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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