Lexicon :: Strong's H8210 - šāp̄aḵ

“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully],

By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed,

For in the image of God

He made man.

‘Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city [Jerusalem] nor shoot an arrow there; nor will he come before it with a shield nor throw up a siege ramp against it.

Moreover, Manasseh shed a very great quantity of innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

“He pours contempt on princes and nobles

And loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].

“His arrows surround me.

He pierces my kidneys (vital organs) without mercy;

He pours out my gall on the ground.

“And now my soul is poured out within me;

The days of affliction have seized me.

I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax;

It is melted [by anguish] within me.

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;

How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],

With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him.

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Pour out Your indignation on them,

And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,

My steps had almost slipped.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,

And there was no one to bury them.

Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You,

And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”

Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],

Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

A Prayer of the afflicted; when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint to God.

Hear my prayer, O LORD,

And let my cry for help come to You!

And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with their blood.

He pours contempt on princes

And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

I pour out my complaint before Him;

I declare my trouble before Him.

For their feet run to evil,

And they hurry to shed blood.