Psalms 79 · Verse 5

Psalms 79:5

How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 79:5, King James Version

Psalms 79:5 in other translations

BSBHow long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
WEBHow long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
ASVHow long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
YLTTill when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
DARBYHow long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
BBEHow long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
WebsterHow long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

What does Psalms 79:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. How long--(Psa 13:1). be angry--(Psa 74:1-10). jealousy burn--(De 29:20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 How long, Lord? - Wilt thou continue thine anger against us, and suffer us to be insulted, and thyself blasphemed?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:1-5

God is complained to: whither should children go but to a Father able and willing to help them? See what a change sin made in the holy city, when the heathen were suffered to pour in upon them. God's own people defiled it by their sins, therefore he suffered their enemies to defile it by their insolence. They desired that God would be reconciled. Those who desire God's favour as better than life, cannot but dread…

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Psalms 79:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
מָ֣הmahwhen?H4100
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
תֶּאֱנַ֣ףte.'e.Nafwill you be angry?H599
לָנֶ֑צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuityH5331
תִּבְעַ֥רtiv.'Arwill it burn?H1197
כְּמוֹ\־ke.mov-likeH3644
אֵ֝֗שׁ'EshfireH784
קִנְאָתֶֽךָ\׃kin.'a.Te.chajealousy yourH7068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 79:5

  • 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 80:4

    O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

  • 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? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • 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.

  • 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. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:16

    They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How long.
13:1,2; 74:1,9,10; 80:4; 89:46; Re 6:10
wilt.
85:5; 103:9; Isa 64:9; Mic 7:18
jealousy.
De 29:20; 32:16,22; Eze 36:5; Zep 1:18; 3:8

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Context

  • Psalms 79:4

    We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  • Psalms 79:5

    How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

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Psalms 79:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová? ¿has de estar airado para siempre? ¿arderá como fuego tu celo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jusques à quand, ô Éternel? Seras-tu en colère à toujours? Ta jalousie brûlera-t-elle comme le feu?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Bis wann, Jehova? Willst du immerfort zürnen, soll wie Feuer brennen dein Eifer?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Domine Deus virtutum, quousque irasceris super orationem servi tui?