Psalms 79:10
Why should the nations ask,
What it says
The nations must not be left asking where Israel's God is; his vengeance should be made visible.
What it is doing
This verse asks for public vindication of God's reputation.
In context
1A Psalm of Asaph. 2They have given the corpses of Your servants 3They have poured out their blood like water 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, 5How long, O LORD? 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations 7for they have devoured Jacob 8Do not hold past sins against us; 9Help us, O God of our salvation, 10Why should the nations ask, 11May the groans of the captives reach You; 12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors 13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,