Psalms 80:4
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
In Context
3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Psalms 31:17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can 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 →