Psalms 79:5

79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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

KJV

How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

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

How long, LORD? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?

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.

What does Psalms 79:5 mean?

Psalms 79:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אָנַף (ʼânaph), נֶצַח (netsach).

Hebrew interlinear

How

long,

LORD?יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

wilt

thou

angryאָנַףʼânaph/aw-naf'/H599to breathe hard, i.e. be enraged

for

ever?נֶצַחnetsach/neh'-tsakh/H5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)

shall

thy

jealousyקִנְאָהqinʼâh/kin-aw'/H7068jealousy or envy

burnבָּעַרbâʻar/baw-ar'/H1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

fire?אֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 79:5.

Exodus 22:6

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Exodus 3:2

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Exodus 35:3

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Ezekiel 39:9

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: handstaves: or, javelins burn them: or, make a fire of them

Psalms 39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 79:5 say?

Psalms 79:5 (King James Version) reads: "How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?"

Is Psalms 79:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 79:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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