Psalm 79:4-6 New English Translation
4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.[a]
5 How long will this go on, O Lord?[b]
Will you stay angry forever?
How long will your rage[c] burn like fire?
6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you,[d]
on the kingdoms that do not pray to you.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:4 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.
- Psalm 79:5 tn Heb “How long, O Lord?”
- Psalm 79:5 tn Or “jealous anger.”
- Psalm 79:6 tn Heb “which do not know you.” Here the Hebrew term “know” means “acknowledge the authority of.”
- Psalm 79:6 sn The kingdoms that do not pray to you. The people of these kingdoms pray to other gods, not the Lord, because they do not recognize his authority over them.
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