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the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/79.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/79.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/79.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations which do not know Thee, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/79.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/79.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/79.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/79.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don&#8217t acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don&#8217t call on Your name, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/79.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/79.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Get angry with those nations that don't know you and won't worship you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/79.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/79.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/79.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you, on the people who do not pray to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/79.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/79.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/79.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/79.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you; on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/79.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/79.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/79.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Pour Your fury on the nations who have not known You, "" And on kingdoms that have not called on Your Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/79.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/79.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the nations which knew thee not, and upon the kingdoms which called not upon thy name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/79.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/79.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 78:6>Pour out your wrath among the Gentiles, who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not invoked your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/79.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath on nations that do not recognize you, on kingdoms that do not call on your name, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/79.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/79.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/79.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Pour out your wrath upon the Gentiles, those who have not known you, and upon those kingdoms that have not called upon your Name.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/79.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/79.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/79-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9994" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">A Prayer for Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šə·p̄ōḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">Pour out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">Your wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yə·ḏā·‘ū·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">acknowledge You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">the kingdoms</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">refuse</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">to call</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: bə·šim·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">on Your name,</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-1.htm">Revelation 16:1</a></span><br />Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9</a></span><br />And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Revelation 16:11</a></span><br />and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a></span><br />And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22-23</a></span><br />I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. / I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-2.htm">Nahum 1:2</a></span><br />The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8</a></span><br />But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a></span><br />For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">Zephaniah 3:8</a></span><br />Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Pour out your wrath on the heathen that have not known you, and on the kingdoms that have not called on your name.</p><p class="hdg">pour</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Psalm 69:24</a></b></br> Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a></b></br> 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 <i>it</i> not to heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/16-1.htm">Revelation 16:1</a></b></br> And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.</p><p class="hdg">upon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1</a></b></br> The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Isaiah 21:1</a></b></br> The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; <i>so</i> it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1</a></b></br> The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.</p><p class="hdg">not known</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-16.htm">Psalm 9:16,17</a></b></br> The LORD is known <i>by</i> the judgment <i>which</i> he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-4.htm">Isaiah 45:4,5</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-3.htm">John 16:3</a></b></br> And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.</p><p class="hdg">not called</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-4.htm">Psalm 14:4</a></b></br> Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/53-4.htm">Psalm 53:4</a></b></br> Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread: they have not called upon God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/145-18.htm">Psalm 145:18</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/51-3.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/68-32.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/psalms/72-15.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/79-10.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/102-22.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/psalms/79-10.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 79</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">and promises thankfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/79.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/79.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You</b><br>This phrase reflects a plea for divine justice against those who oppose God. In biblical context, the "nations" often refer to Gentile peoples who are outside the covenant relationship with God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/2.htm">Psalm 2:1-2</a>. The call for God's wrath is a request for His righteous judgment, similar to the imprecatory psalms where the psalmist seeks God's intervention against enemies (e.g., <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Psalm 69:24</a>). Historically, Israel faced threats from surrounding nations, such as the Assyrians and Babylonians, who did not recognize Yahweh as the one true God. This plea can be seen as a cry for protection and vindication. Theologically, it underscores the belief in God's sovereignty and justice, as well as the expectation that all nations will ultimately acknowledge Him, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a>.<p><b>on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the rejection of God by certain political entities. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a kingdom's refusal to call on God's name signifies a deliberate choice to worship other deities, which was common among Israel's neighbors. The act of calling on God's name is an expression of worship and reliance, as seen in <a href="/genesis/4-26.htm">Genesis 4:26</a>, where people began to call on the name of the Lord. The refusal to do so indicates a rejection of God's authority and a preference for idolatry. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God desires all nations to turn to Him, as seen in the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>). Theologically, it points to the ultimate accountability of all nations before God, as depicted in <a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a>, where every nation and kingdom will be judged.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Psalm 79</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court, known for his role in temple worship and his contributions to the Psalms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the Gentile nations surrounding Israel, often seen as adversaries to God's chosen people and His covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kingdoms.htm">Kingdoms</a></b><br>These are the political entities that do not recognize or worship Yahweh, representing opposition to God's rule and authority.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wrath_of_god.htm">Wrath of God</a></b><br>A divine response to sin and rebellion, often depicted as a righteous and just reaction to the rejection of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are often in conflict with surrounding nations and seeking God's protection and justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god.htm">Acknowledging God</a></b><br>Recognizing God as sovereign is essential for individuals and nations. This acknowledgment is not just intellectual but involves worship and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rejection.htm">The Consequences of Rejection</a></b><br>Ignoring or rejecting God leads to His righteous judgment. This serves as a warning to both individuals and nations to turn to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_justice.htm">Prayer for Justice</a></b><br>Believers can pray for God's justice in the world, trusting that He will address evil and vindicate His name.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and kingdoms. Believers should find comfort in His ultimate authority and plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_evangelism.htm">Call to Evangelism</a></b><br>The reality of God's wrath should motivate Christians to share the Gospel, inviting others to know and call upon the name of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_79.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 79</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_79_6_call_for_wrath.htm">Why does Psalm 79:6 call for God’s wrath on foreign nations when other passages emphasize God’s compassion for all peoples? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_millennial_kingdom.htm">What is the Millennial Kingdom dispensation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_invaders,_not_israel,_in_psalm_79.htm">Why does Psalm 79 place sole blame on invading nations without acknowledging Israel’s own possible role in its downfall?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_47_8_align_with_other_faiths.htm">How does Psalm 47:8's assertion that God reigns over all nations reconcile with the presence of countless other religions and deities throughout history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/79.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6-7) The poet prays in prophetical strain, that the fire of indignation may be turned from Israel and directed against the heathen oppressors, (For the relation to <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm" title="Pour out your fury on the heathen that know you not, and on the families that call not on your name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.">Jeremiah 10:25</a>, see Introduction.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/79.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee</span>. It is not the heathen that had never heard of God who are intended, but those who, having heard of him, had refused to "know" him (comp. <a href="/exodus/5-2.htm">Exodus 5:2</a>), as was the case with all the nations round about Canaan. <span class="cmt_word">And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name.</span> Now that we are punished, go on to punish those who have persecuted us, and who are at least as guilty as ourselves. "The prayer rests," as Hengstenberg remarks, "upon what God does constantly. Judgment begins at the house of God; but it proceeds thence to those whom God has employed as the instrument of his punishment. The storm of the wrath of God always remains to fall at last upon the world at enmity with his Church." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/79-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Pour out</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁפֹ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·p̄ōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your wrath</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמָתְךָ֨</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִם֮</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֪ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">acknowledge You,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדָ֫ע֥וּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏā·‘ū·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the kingdoms</span><br /><span class="heb">מַמְלָכ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">refuse</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to call</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרָֽאוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on Your name,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(bə·šim·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/79-6.htm">Psalm 79:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/79-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 79:6 Pour out your wrath on the nations (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 79:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/79-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 79:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>