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4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry{H8804)} against the prayer of thy people?
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Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. …
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. …
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The psalmist here, in the name of the church, applies to God by prayer, with reference to the present afflicted state of Israel. I. He entreats God’s favour for them ( Ps. 80:1 , 2 ); that is all in all to the sanctuary when it is desolate, and is to be sought in the first place. Observe, 1. How he eyes God in his address as the Shepherd of Israel, whom he had called the sheep of his pasture (Ps.…
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