(Compare Jer 10:25). Though we deserve much, do not the heathen deserve more for their violence to us (Jer 51:3-5; Zec 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 (Isa 12:4; Act 2:21).