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Psalm 79:5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 79 · verse 5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?Psalm 79:5 · King James Version
Psalm 79:5 in context
3Their 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- jealousyqinʼâhjealousy or envyH7068 →
- angryʼânaphto breathe hardH599 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- evernetsachproperly, a goalH5331 →
- burnbâʻarto kindleH1197 →
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We have here a sad complaint exhibited in the court of heaven. The world is full of complaints, and so is the church too, for it suffers, not only with it, but from it, as a lily among thorns. God is complained to;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5