Psalms 80:4
O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Noyes 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
3Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
5For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
Cross References
Psalms 31:17Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave!
Psalms 60:3Thou hast caused thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us drink the wine of reeling.
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD! wilt thou be angry for ever? How long shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, And desire to know my ways, As a nation that hath done righteousness, And hath not forsaken the ordinances of their God; They inquire of me concerning the judgments which bring salvation; They long for the coming of God.
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not 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 →