Psalms 80:4
(80:5) O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Leeser Tanakh
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, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
5(80:6) Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20(29:19) The Lord will not pardon him; but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and there shall rest upon him all the curse that is written in this book; and the Lord will blot out his name from under the heavens.
Psalms 31:17(31:18) O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world.
Psalms 60:3(60:5) Thou hast caused thy people to see hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of confusion.
Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? wilt thou be indignant for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 58:2Yet me do they ever seek day by day, and to know my ways do they always desire; as a nation that hath done righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God: continually do they ask of me the ordinances of justice—do they desire to draw nigh unto God.
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that no prayer should 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 →