Psalm 79:12
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Cross-references
Psalm 74:18-22 describes enemies scoffing and reviling God's name — a parallel plea for God to defend His honor against taunts.
Psalm 59:12 asks God to punish enemies for the sins of their mouths and lies, closely matching the focus on spoken reproach here.
Psalm 42:3 laments enemies mocking 'Where is your God?'—the same kind of reproach, but as a lament rather than a call for repayment.
Psalm 44:16 mentions 'taunter' (cherpah) — the same word for taunts, but as a lament of being taunted, not a plea for repayment.
Psalm 5:10 also prays for God to judge enemies for their rebellion, though it focuses on general guilt rather than specific reproach against God.
Leviticus 26:21 warns of sevenfold punishment for disobedience, matching the sevenfold retribution sought here against taunters.
Jeremiah 32:18 also uses 'repay into the lap' — God repays guilt of fathers into children's laps, showing the idiom's use in divine retribution.
Leviticus 26:28 uses the same 'sevenfold' punishment language — God disciplines Israel sevenfold for disobedience, echoing the plea for sevenfold repayment on enemies.
Genesis 4:15 uses the same 'sevenfold' vengeance formula, promising protection for Cain, while this verse asks for sevenfold retribution on enemies.
In Nehemiah 4:4, a similar imprecatory prayer asks God to turn insults back on enemies' heads, mirroring the plea for repayment of reproach.
2 Kings 19:16 uses 'mock' (cherpah) — Hezekiah prays about Sennacherib's taunts, a direct parallel to the Psalm's plea.
1 Samuel 17:26 uses the same word 'defy' (cherpah) — David responds to Goliath's taunt against God, showing God's vindication.
Isaiah 37:17 records Hezekiah's prayer for God to hear Sennacherib's words ridiculing the living God—a parallel plea against reproach of God.
Isaiah 65:6 uses the identical phrase 'pay back into their laps' as God's own declaration of repaying sins, directly echoing this verse.
Numbers 15:30 says reviling the Lord brings cutting off — a different term (giddef) but similar concept of insulting God and consequences.
Jeremiah 51:51 laments being insulted because foreigners entered the sanctuary—a similar reproach, but without the imprecatory response.
Lamentations 5:1 asks God to 'look and see our disgrace,' a plea for God to notice reproach, akin to the appeal for divine attention here.