Psalms 79 · Verse 6

Psalms 79:6

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psalms 79:6, King James Version

Psalms 79:6 in other translations

BSBPour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
WEBPour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
ASVPour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
YLTPour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.
DARBYPour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
BBELet your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.
WebsterPour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

What does Psalms 79:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 79:6-7
6-7. (Compare Jr 10:25). Though we deserve much, do not the heathen deserve more for their violence to us (Jr 51:3-5; Zec 1:14)? The singular denotes the chief power, and the use of the plural indicates the combined confederates. called upon--or, "by" thy name--proclaimed Thy attributes and professed allegiance (Is 12:4; Ac 2:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Pour out thy wrath - Bad as we are, we are yet less wicked than they. We, it is true, have been unfaithful; but they never knew thy name, and are totally abandoned to idolatry.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:6-13
Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his tender mercies. They plead no merit, they pretend to none, but, Help us for the glory of thy name; pardon us for thy name's sake. The Christian forgets not that he is often bound in the chain of his sins. The world to him is a prison; sentence of death is passed upon him, and he knows not how soon it may be executed. How fervently should he at all times pray, O let the sighing of a prisoner come before thee, according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die! How glorious will the day be, when, triumphant over sin and sorrow, the church beholds the adversary disarmed for ever! while that church shall, from age to age, sing the praises of her great Shepherd and Bishop, her King and her God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 79:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁפֹ֤ךְshe.Fokhpour outH8210
חֲמָתְךָ֨cha.ma.te.Khaanger yourH2534
אֶֽל\־'el-againstH413
הַגּוֹיִם֮ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
אֲשֶׁ֪ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יְדָ֫ע֥וּךָye.Da.'U.khathey know youH3045
וְעַ֥לve.'Aland onH5921
מַמְלָכ֑וֹתmam.la.KhotkingdomsH4467
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗be.shim.khaon name yourH8034
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
קָרָֽאוּ\׃ka.Ra.'uthey callH7121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 79:6

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

  • Psalms 69:24

    Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Psalms 53:4

    Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

  • Isaiah 45:4-5

    For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • Psalms 9:16-17

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Acts 17:23

    For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

  • Isaiah 42:25

    Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

  • Romans 10:12-14

    For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pour.
69:24; Isa 42:25; Re 16:1-21
upon.
Isa 13:1-22; 21:1-17; 23:1-18; Jer 10:25; 25:29; 46:1-51:64
not known.
9:16,17; Isa 45:4,5; Joh 16:3; 17:25; Ac 17:23; Ro 1:28; 2Th 1:8
not called.
14:4; 53:4; 145:18; Ro 10:12-14; 1Co 1:2

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Context

  • Psalms 79:5

    How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  • Psalms 79:7

    For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

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Psalms 79:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Derrama tu ira sobre las gentes que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Verse ta fureur sur les nations qui ne t’ont pas connu, et sur les royaumes qui n’invoquent pas ton nom;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schütte deinen Grimm aus über die Nationen, die dich nicht kennen, und auf die Königreiche, die deinen Namen nicht anrufen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cibabis nos pane lacrimarum, et potum dabis nobis in lacrimis in mensura?