Psalms 79:5
How long, O LORD! wilt thou be angry for ever? How long shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
In Context
4We have become the reproach of our neighbors,—The scorn and derision of those around us.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” How long, O LORD! wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 74:9We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
Psalms 80:5For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?
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 →