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Psalms 79:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 79:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 79:59 words
HebrewMeaning
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מָ֣הmāh
when?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
תֶּאֱנַ֣ףteʾĕnap
will you be angry?verbH599
לָ/נֶ֑צַחlāneṣaḥ
to perpetuitypronH5331
constantly · end · ever · perpetual ···
תִּבְעַ֥רtibəʿar
will it burn?verbH1197
bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···
כְּמוֹkəmwō
likepronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
אֵ֝֗שׁʾēš
firenounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
קִנְאָתֶֽ/ךָqinəʾātekā
jealousy yournounH7068
jealousy · sake · zeal
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 79:5

1. Over the title of this Psalm, being so short and so simple, I think we need not tarry. But the prophecy which here we read sent before, we know to be evidently fulfilled. For when these things were being sung in the times of King David, nothing of such sort, by the hostility of the Gentiles, as yet had befallen the city Jerusalem, nor the Temple of God, which as yet was not even built. For that after the death of David his son Salomon made a temple to God, who is ignorant?…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 79 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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