Psalms 80:4
(80-5) O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
In Context
3(80-4) O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
5(80-6) Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20(29-19) the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;
Psalms 31:17(31-18) O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.
Psalms 60:3(60-5) Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so 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 →