Psalms 79:6

79:5 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.

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Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you; on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name;

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

Pour out your wrath on the heathen that have not known you, and on the kingdoms that have not called on your name.

79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

What does Psalms 79:6 mean?

Psalms 79:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁפַךְ (shâphak), חֵמָה (chêmâh), גּוֹי (gôwy).

Hebrew interlinear

Pour

outשָׁפַךְshâphak/shaw-fak'/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.); intensively, to sprawl out

thy

wrathחֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

upon

the

heathenגּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

that

have

not

knownיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

thee,

and

upon

the

kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh/mam-law-kaw'/H4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

that

have

not

calledקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

upon

thy

name.שֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 79:6.

2 Chronicles 20:6

And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

2 Samuel 7:13

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 79:6 say?

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

Is Psalms 79:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 79:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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