Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Compare Jeremiah 10:25). Though we deserve much, do not the heathen deserve more for their violence to us (Jeremiah 51:3-5; Zechariah 1:14)? The singular denotes the chief power, and the use of the plural indicates the combined confederates.
called upon—or, "by"
thy name—proclaimed Thy attributes and professed allegiance (Isaiah 12:4; Acts 2:21).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 79:6:
Psalms 79:1
Jeremiah 10:24-25
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