Psalms 79:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תֶּאֱנַ֣ף לָנֶ֑צַח תִּ֭‪[t]‬בְעַ֥ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֝֗שׁ קִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Until-mâ YHWH teʾĕnap̄ to-nēṣaḥ tiḇʿar like-ʾēš qinʾāṯeḵā

Grammar Details

*ʿaḏ*: preposition - until/how long
*mâ*: interrogative - what/how
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*teʾĕnap̄*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will be angry
*lā*: preposition - to/for
*nēṣaḥ*: masculine singular noun - forever/perpetuity
*tiḇʿar*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will burn
*kəmô*: preposition - like/as
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
*qinʾāṯeḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your jealousy/zeal

Word Meanings

*ʿaḏ-mâ*: how long/until when
*teʾĕnap̄*: you will be angry/you will show displeasure
*nēṣaḥ*: forever/perpetually/completely
*tiḇʿar*: will burn/will consume/will be kindled
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*qinʾāṯeḵā*: your jealousy/your zeal/your passion

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Ps 74:1 : 1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Deut 29:20 : 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ps 74:9-9 : 9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Ps 80:4 : 4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Ezek 36:5 : 5 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Rev 6:10 : 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
Isa 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Deut 32:16 : 16 They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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