Psalms 79:5
How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:22For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.
Psalms 13:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
Psalms 74:9We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
Psalms 80:5\80:4\O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
Psalms 89:46\89:45\You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
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 →