Psalms 79:5 KJV
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Thou and Ye
- thou, thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Trial ProlongedLink 4 of 8 · next Psalms 80:4
- Divine JealousySee the chain from Exodus 20:5 · 7 links
Cross References
- Psalms 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Psalms 74:1 <Maschil of Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Psalms 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
- Deuteronomy 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.
- Zephaniah 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.
- Psalms 74:9–10 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. …
- Psalms 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- Ezekiel 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 13:1–2 <To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? …
- Psalms 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
- Isaiah 64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
- Micah 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
- Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- Asaph See titles of
- Jealousy Attributed to God
- Psalms Afflictions
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- How long, LORD עַד ʿad Preposition מָה mâ Interrogative יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- wilt thou be angry תֶּאֱנַף teʾĕnap אָנַף Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- for ever לָנֶצַח lāneṣaḥ נֶצַח Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- shall thy jealousy קִנְאָתֶךָ qinʾātekā קִנְאָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- burn תִּבְעַר tibʿar בָּעַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
- like fire כְּמוֹ kĕmô Preposition אֵשׁ ʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
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