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5Wilt thou be angry{H8799)} with us for ever? wilt thou draw out{H8799)} thine anger to all generations?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The church, in affliction and distress, is here, by direction from God, making her application to God. So ready is God to hear and answer the prayers of his people that by his Spirit in the word, and in the heart, he indites their petitions and puts words into their mouths. The people of God, in a very low and weak condition, are here taught how to address themselves to God. I. They are to acknowl…
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