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- Chapter 79
- Verse 5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Gill's Exposition
How long, Lord, wilt thou be angry? for ever?.... That is, how long wilt thou be angry? shall it be for ever? see Psa 85:4, for though what was done, or to be done, as before related, was or will be…
Barnes' Notes
How long, Lord? - See Psa 74:1, note; Psa 74:10, note; and Psa 77:7-9, notes. This is the language, not of impatience, but of anxiety; not of complaining, but of wonder. It is language such as the…
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…
Prayer that God will cease to be angry with His own people and will punish their destroyers.
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