Psalm 80:4

Translations

Modern

O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

Traditional

O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Literal

O YHWH, God of Hosts, until when will You smolder at the prayer of Your people?

Latin

Domine Deus virtutum, quousque irasceris super orationem servi tui?

Original

Hebrew

English

O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

Notes

Psalms 80:4–7

The people cry out for rescue from the shame of their recent defeat. The enemy’s victory is less devastating, however, than the knowledge that they themselves are objects of God’s wrath.

Psalms 80:1–19

This psalm of lament may come from the remnant (the small group that survived) of the northern kingdom after it fell in 722 BC. The people call on God as their Shepherd and as the God of Hosts (a title that describes God as the ruler over the armies of heaven). They hope that he will return to them and restore them.

They remember the Exodus and their special relationship with the Lord. The psalm ends with a promise of renewed commitment to him (Psalm 80:18).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Anger God’s Presence in the Psalms Questions and Doubt Salvation in the Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Lamentations 3:44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 59:5
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
Isaiah 58:6–9
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Isaiah 58:2–3
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Luke 18:1–8
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Matthew 15:22–28
And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Asaph Imprecatory Psalms Music Presence of God Psalms, Book of Shoshannim, Shoshannim-Eduth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Backsliders: Return of Church: Backslidden Prayer: Answer To, Delayed The Anger of God: Removal of, should be Prayed For

Psalm 80:4

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