اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 79:6

Smith Van Dyke Version

‎افض رجزك على الامم الذين لا يعرفونك وعلى الممالك التي لم تدع باسمك‎.

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Pour: Psalms 69:24, Isaiah 42:25, Revelation 16:1-21

upon: Isaiah 13:1-22, Isaiah 21:1-17, Isaiah 23:1-18, Jeremiah 10:25, Jeremiah 25:29, Jeremiah 46:1 - Jeremiah 51:64

not known: Psalms 9:16, Psalms 9:17, Isaiah 45:4, Isaiah 45:5, John 16:3, John 17:25, Acts 17:23, Romans 1:28, 2 Thessalonians 1:8

not called: Psalms 14:4, Psalms 53:4, Psalms 145:18, Romans 10:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:7 - and my wrath Job 18:21 - knoweth Psalms 9:19 - let the Psalms 136:15 - for his mercy Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast not Isaiah 63:19 - are thine Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Daniel 9:19 - for thy Zechariah 1:2 - Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pour out thy wrath upon the Heathen that have not known thee,.... Who had poured out the blood of the saints like water, and therefore it was a righteous thing with God to pour out the cup of wrath in his hands, and cause them to drink the dregs of it: these words, though they are in the form of an imprecation, yet regard not private revenge, but public justice, and the honour of God; and, besides, may be considered as a prophecy of what would be, and particularly of God's pouring out the vials of his wrath on the antichristian states; who, though they profess Christianity, are no other than Heathens, and have no spiritual and serious knowledge of Christ:

and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name; but upon their idols of gold, silver, brass, and stone, on the Virgin Mary, angels, and saints departed; for these, besides the kingdoms of Babylon, Syria, and Rome Pagan, are the kingdoms of the ten kings, that gave their kingdoms to the beast, and committed fornication, i.e. idolatry, with the whore of Rome; see Revelation 17:2, these words are referred to in Jeremiah 10:25 and also the following.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen - Punish, as they deserve, the nations that have risen up against thy people, and that have brought; desolation upon the land. The word rendered here pour out is used with reference to a cup or vial, as containing a mixture for the people to drink - of intoxication, or of poison. See the notes at Revelation 16:1; notes at Psalms 11:6; notes at Isaiah 51:17; compare Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 25:17; Matthew 20:22; Matthew 26:39, Matthew 26:42.

That have not known thee - Who are strangers to thee; who are thy enemies. The prayer that the wrath of God might be poured upon them was not because they were ignorant of him, but on account of their wicked conduct toward the people of God. The phrase “that have not known thee” is used merely to designate them, or to describe their character. The prayer is not necessarily a prayer for vengeance, or in the spirit of revenge; it is simply a prayer that justice might be done to them, and is such a prayer as any man may offer who is anxious that justice may be done in the world. See remarks on the imprecations in the Psalms. General Introduction Section 6. It is not proper, however, to use this as a proof-text that God will punish the “pagan,” or will consign them to destruction. The passage obviously has no reference to such a doctrine, whether that doctrine be true or false.

And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name - The people that do not worship thee; referring here particularly to those who had invaded the land, and made it desolate.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 79:6. Pour out thy wrath — Bad as we are, we are yet less wicked than they. We, it is true, have been unfaithful; but they never knew thy name, and are totally abandoned to idolatry.