Psalms 79:5
How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
In Context
4We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,
Deuteronomy 32:22A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
Psalms 74:9Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
Psalms 80:5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
Psalms 89:46Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
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 →