Psalms 106:38

106:38 They shed innocent blood –

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land was polluted by bloodshed. ¹ 

Psalms 79:10

79:10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants

be avenged among the nations! ² 

[106:38]  ¹ sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.

[79:10]  ² tn Heb “may it be known among the nations, to our eyes, the vengeance of the shed blood of your servants.”