King James Version
Psalms 79:6 in the King James Version says “Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 79 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. former: or, the iniquities of them that were before us
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“Pour out”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
“upon the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that have not known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thee and upon the kingdoms”
H4467dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“upon thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that have not called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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