Psalms 80:4
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
In Context
3O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
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;
Psalms 31:17Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.
Psalms 60:3Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.
Psalms 79:5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →