Psalms 79:6
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- KJV
- Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
- WEB
- Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
- ASV
- Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
- DARBY
- Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
- BLB
- Pour out Your wrath toward the nations that have not known You, and upon the kingdoms that have not called on Your name!
- ÅB
- Utøs din harme over hedningene, som ikke kjenner deg, og over de riker som ikke påkaller ditt navn!
- OTB
- Utøs din vrede over folkene som ikke kjenner deg,
Og over rikene som ikke påkaller ditt navn. - B1930
- Utøs din harme over hedningene, som ikke kjenner dig, og over de riker som ikke påkaller ditt navn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 10:25
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.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Read in contextPsalms 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 69:24
Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
Read in contextPsalms 53:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:4–5
For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:8
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.
Read in context