Psalms

Psalm 79:5

5How long, O LORD?

Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
How longעַד־‘aḏ-InterrogativeH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
O LORDיְ֭הוָהYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
Will You be angryתֶּאֱנַ֣ףte·’ĕ·nap̄Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH599 be angry
foreverלָנֶ֑צַחlā·ne·ṣaḥPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
Will Your jealousyקִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃qin·’ā·ṯe·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH7068 ardour, zeal, jealousy
burnתִּבְעַ֥רtiḇ·‘arVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH1197 burn, consume
likeכְּמוֹ־kə·mōw-PrepositionH3644 like, as, when
fireאֵ֝֗שׁ’êšNoun - common singularH784 fire

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 89:46 · Psalm 74:1 · Psalm 85:5 · Deuteronomy 29:20 · Zephaniah 3:8 · Psalm 13:1–2 · Psalm 74:9–10 · Ezekiel 36:5 · Psalm 80:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.