Psalms 79:5

Psalms 79:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Context of Psalms 79:5

3They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us. How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? 6Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. 7For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation.

Psalms 79:5 word by word

עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תֶּאֱנַ֣ף לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֥ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֝֗שׁ קִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Howמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• longעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• , O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Will You be angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• foreverנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• jealousyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
• burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• likeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Psalms 79:5

• Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 74:1O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
• Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
• Revelation 6:10and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
• Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
• Psalms 103:9He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Deuteronomy 32:16They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
• Ezekiel 36:5therefore thus says the Lord God, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.”
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Zephaniah 3:8“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5How long, Lord? - Wilt thou continue thine anger against us, and suffer us to be insulted, and thyself blasphemed?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5How long, Lord? - See Psalm 74:1, note; Psalm 74:10, note; and Psalm 77:7-9, notes. This is the language, not of impatience, but of anxiety; not of complaining, but of wonder. It is language such as the people of God are often constrained to employ under heavy trials - trials which continue so long that it seems as if they would never end. Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire? - That is, Shall it continue to burn like fire? Shall it utterly consume us? On…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The intensity of God’s judgment surprises the people; they cry out in despair for compassion, forgiveness, and relief. Verse 6–7 are nearly identical to Jeremiah 10:25.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. How long--(Psa 13:1). be angry--(Psa 74:1-10). jealousy burn--(De 29:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jealousy

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• Fire
• God
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
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Commentaries on Psalms 79

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary