Psalms 79:5 · KJV
“How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”
— Psalms 79:5
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psalms 79 — Context
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and {there was} none to bury {them}.
4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
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? {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}
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 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? {chief...: or, overseer}
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? {be...: Heb. smoke}