Psalms 79:5
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.
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- KJV
- How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- WEB
- How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
- ASV
- How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- DARBY
- How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- BLB
- Until when, O YHWH? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- ÅB
- Hvor lenge, Herre, vil du være vred evindelig? Hvor lenge skal din nidkjærhet brenne som ild?
- OTB
- Hvor lenge, Herre? Vil din vrede vare evig?
Vil din nidkjærhet brenne som ild? - B1930
- Hvor lenge, Herre, vil du være vred evindelig? Hvor lenge skal din nidkjærhet brenne som ild?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Read in contextPsalms 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Read in contextPsalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Read in contextPsalms 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Read in contextPsalms 13:1–2
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Read in contextEzekiel 36:5
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
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