Psalms 79:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry{H8799)} for ever? shall thy jealousy burn{H8799)} 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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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide{H8735)} thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn{H8799)} like fire?
Ps 74:1 : 1 Maschil{H8688)} of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off{H8804)} for ever? why doth thine anger smoke{H8799)} against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry{H8799)} with us for ever? wilt thou draw out{H8799)} thine anger to all generations?
Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, 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 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Ps 74:9-9 : 9 We see{H8804)} not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth{H8802)} how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach{H8762)}? shall the enemy{H8802)} blaspheme{H8762)} thy name for ever?
Ps 80:4 : 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry{H8804)} against the prayer of thy people?
Ezek 36:5 : 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, 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 LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Deut 32:16 : 16 They provoked 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 shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? 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 daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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