Psalm 79:10 {78:10}
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Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:

wherefore

Psalm 42:3,10 My tears have been my bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily: Where is thy God? . . .

Psalm 115:2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

Joel 2:17 Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God?

Micah 7:10 And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? my eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets.

let him

Psalm 9:16 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

Psalm 58:11 And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

Psalm 83:17,18 Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish. . . .

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to myself for my people, I will be your God: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians:

Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, who have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought forth the children of Israel out of the midst of them.

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 39:21,22 And I will set my glory among the nations: and all nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. . . .

by the

Jeremiah 51:35 The wrong done to me, and my flesh be upon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion: and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, saith Jerusalem.

Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets. For God hath judged your judgment on her.

revenging.

Romans 12:19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Context
A Prayer for Deliverance
9Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake: 10Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:11Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.…
Cross References
Revelation 6:10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily: Where is thy God?

Psalm 42:10
Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day by day: Where is thy God?

Psalm 94:1
The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

Psalm 94:2
Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Psalm 113:1
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.

Psalm 115:2
For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

Joel 2:17
Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God?

Lexicon
Why
לָ֤מָּה ׀ (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should the nations
הַגּוֹיִם֮ (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

ask,
יֹאמְר֣וּ (yō·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Where
אַיֵּ֪ה (’ay·yêh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 346: Where?

is their God?”
אֱ‍ֽלֹהֵ֫יהֶ֥ם (’ĕlō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Before our eyes,
לְעֵינֵ֑ינוּ (lə·‘ê·nê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

make known
יִוָּדַ֣ע (yiw·wā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

among the nations
בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

Your vengeance
נִ֝קְמַ֗ת (niq·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5360: Avengement

for the bloodshed
דַּֽם־ (dam-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

of Your servants.
עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant


Additional Translations
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

Lets haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of thy servant's blood that has been shed be known among the heathen before our eyes.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the heathen in our sight.

Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

Why do the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.
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