Psalms 79:5
You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
In Context
4O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant? 1
6You have made us a strife to our neighbors; and our enemies have mocked at us. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, it shall burn to hell below; it shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; it shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 13:1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 1
Psalms 74:9But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 1
Psalms 80:5He made + 80:5 Gr. him, sc. Israel. it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not. 1
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 →