NET Bible
"How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?"
— Psalms 79:5, NET Bible
“How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”
“How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? ”
“How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?”
“O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?”
“How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?”
“How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”
They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.
They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!
For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.
Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!