Psalms 79:5
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Darby Translation
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 29:20Jehovah will not pardon him, but the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will then smoke against that man, and all the curse shall be upon him that is written in this book; and Jehovah will blot out his name from under the heavens;
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 13:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 74:9We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Psalms 80:5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
Psalms 89:46How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
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 →