79:5 How long will this go on, O Lord? 1
Will you stay angry forever?
How long will your rage 2 burn like fire?
79:6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, 3
on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! 4
1 tn Heb “How long, O
2 tn Or “jealous anger.”
3 tn Heb “which do not know you.” Here the Hebrew term “know” means “acknowledge the authority of.”
4 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.