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Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/79.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/79.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/79.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/79.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/79.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Wilt Thou be angry forever? Will Thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/79.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/79.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/79.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/79.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/79.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/79.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our LORD, will you keep on being angry? Will your angry feelings keep flaming up like fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/79.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How long, O LORD, wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/79.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury continue to burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/79.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/79.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/79.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/79.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/79.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/79.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/79.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/79.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Until when, O YHWH? Are You angry forever? Your jealousy burns as fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/79.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/79.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy burn as fire?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/79.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/79.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 78:5>How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/79.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous anger keep burning like fire? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/79.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/79.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy anger burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/79.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How long will you be angry, LORD JEHOVAH; forever? Your wrath burns like fire!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/79.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/79.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How long, O Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/79-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9986" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">A Prayer for Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Interrog) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">How long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD?</a> <a href="/hebrew/599.htm" title="599: te·’ĕ·nap̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to breathe hard, i.e. Be enraged.">Will You be angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: lā·ne·ṣaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. ">forever?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7068.htm" title="7068: qin·’ā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Ardor, zeal, jealousy. From qana'; jealousy or envy.">Will Your jealousy</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: tiḇ·‘ar (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">fire?</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></span><br />How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Habakkuk 1:2</a></span><br />How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20-22</a></span><br />Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? / Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, / unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a></span><br />Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36</a></span><br />For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3</a></span><br />to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6</a></span><br />You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a></span><br />For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12</a></span><br />Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a></span><br />And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm">Matthew 24:22</a></span><br />If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7</a></span><br />Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How long, LORD? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?</p><p class="hdg">how long</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/13-1.htm">Psalm 13:1,2</a></b></br> 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? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1,9,10</a></b></br> Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast <i>us</i> off for ever? <i>why</i> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Psalm 80:4</a></b></br> O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?</p><p class="hdg">wilt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5</a></b></br> Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-9.htm">Psalm 103:9</a></b></br> He will not always chide: neither will he keep <i>his anger</i> for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a></b></br> Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we <i>are</i> all thy people.</p><p class="hdg">jealousy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16,22</a></b></br> They provoked him to jealousy with strange <i>gods</i>, with abominations provoked they him to anger… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm">Ezekiel 36:5</a></b></br> 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 <i>their</i> heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/78-63.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/78-69.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Jealous</a> <a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/psalms/76-10.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/106-16.htm">Jealous</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/79-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 79</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">and promises thankfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/79.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/79.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>How long, O LORD?</b><br>This phrase reflects a common lament found throughout the Psalms, expressing a deep yearning for God's intervention. It echoes the cries of other biblical figures, such as Habakkuk (<a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Habakkuk 1:2</a>) and the martyrs in Revelation (<a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a>), who also ask God about the timing of His justice. The question "How long?" indicates a period of suffering and waiting, suggesting that the psalmist feels abandoned or that God's promises are delayed. This plea is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the people expect God to act on their behalf.<p><b>Will You be angry forever?</b><br>This phrase acknowledges God's righteous anger, which is often depicted in the Old Testament as a response to Israel's sin and disobedience. The psalmist is aware of the consequences of sin, as seen in the history of Israel's repeated cycles of rebellion and repentance (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-19</a>). The question implies a hope for reconciliation and forgiveness, as God's anger is not permanent but serves a purpose in leading His people back to righteousness. The psalmist appeals to God's merciful nature, as seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God is described as "slow to anger."<p><b>Will Your jealousy burn like fire?</b><br>God's jealousy is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with His desire for exclusive worship and faithfulness from His people (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). This jealousy is not petty but reflects God's protective love and commitment to His covenant. The imagery of fire suggests both purification and destruction, indicating that God's jealousy can lead to judgment against idolatry and unfaithfulness. This concept is further explored in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-24.htm">Deuteronomy 4:24</a>, where God is described as a "consuming fire." The psalmist's use of this imagery underscores the seriousness of Israel's situation and the urgent need for repentance and divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Psalm 79</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court. He is credited with several psalms that often reflect on the struggles and faith of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of Israel is the primary subject of this psalm, experiencing God's judgment and seeking His mercy and deliverance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is addressed directly in this psalm, expressing both His righteous anger and the hope for His mercy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>While not mentioned directly in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Psalm 79</a> involves the destruction of Jerusalem, which is a central theme in the lament.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_invasion.htm">Babylonian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical backdrop likely involves the Babylonian invasion and destruction of Jerusalem, a time of great distress and divine judgment for Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_jealousy.htm">Understanding Divine Jealousy</a></b><br>God's jealousy is rooted in His covenant love and desire for His people to remain faithful. It is not petty or insecure but a righteous demand for exclusive devotion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_anger.htm">The Nature of God's Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is not eternal but serves a purpose in bringing His people back to righteousness. It is a call to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cry_for_mercy.htm">The Cry for Mercy</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to cry out to God in times of distress, trusting in His character as merciful and just. This psalm teaches us to bring our honest questions and emotions before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Lament is a vital part of the believer's journey, allowing us to express grief and seek God's intervention. It is an act of faith, trusting that God hears and responds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_faithfulness.htm">Hope in God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Even in the midst of judgment, there is hope in God's unchanging faithfulness. His past acts of deliverance assure us of His future redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_79.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 79</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_jealousy.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on jealousy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_music_praise_god_in_the_bible.htm">Is jealousy hindering your spiritual growth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_96_5_fit_with_the_big_bang.htm">Psalm 96:5 proclaims the Lord 'made the heavens,' so how does this fit with current cosmological theories such as the Big Bang and the vast timeline of cosmic evolution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_judgment_in_psalm_125_5.htm">In Psalm 125:5, is there historical or archaeological proof of a specific judgment that differentiates the fate of the righteous from the 'evildoers' mentioned?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/79.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">How long, Lord?</span>--The dominant cry of the Maccabaean age. (See <a href="/psalms/74-9.htm" title="We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long.">Psalm 74:9</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/79.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How long, Lord?</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "How long, O Lord, is this condition of things to endure?" (comp. <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/90-13.htm">Psalm 90:13</a>; <a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a>). An ellipse after "how long?" is common. <span class="cmt_word">Wilt thou be angry forever?</span> (see <a href="/psalms/13-1.htm">Psalm 13:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12</a>; <a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?</span> It was their worship of other gods that God especially visited on his people by the Babylonish captivity (see Jeremiah, <span class="accented">passim</span>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/79-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How long,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD?</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֭הוָה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will You be angry</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּאֱנַ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(te·’ĕ·nap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe hard, be enraged</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever?</span><br /><span class="heb">לָנֶ֑צַח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ne·ṣaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5331.htm">Strong's 5331: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will Your jealousy</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qin·’ā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7068.htm">Strong's 7068: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ardor, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burn</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבְעַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(tiḇ·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fire?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֝֗שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 79:5 How long Yahweh? 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