Psalms 79:6
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?
7Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.
Cross References
Psalms 14:4Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ?
Psalms 69:24Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 45:4For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me.
Jeremiah 25:29For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:2-6
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be… Read the whole commentary →