Psalm 80:4
New International Version
How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?

New Living Translation
O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?

English Standard Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

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

King James Bible
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

New King James Version
O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people?

New American Standard Bible
LORD God of armies, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

NASB 1995
O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

NASB 1977
O LORD God of hosts, How long wilt Thou be angry with the prayer of Thy people?

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh God of hosts, How long will You smolder against the prayer of Your people?

Amplified Bible
O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

Christian Standard Bible
LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD God of Hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people’s prayers?

American Standard Version
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Contemporary English Version
LORD God All-Powerful, how much longer will the prayers of your people make you angry?

English Revised Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?

Good News Translation
How much longer, LORD God Almighty, will you be angry with your people's prayers?

International Standard Version
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?

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

NET Bible
O LORD God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

New Heart English Bible
LORD God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

Webster's Bible Translation
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

World English Bible
Yahweh God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

Smith's Literal Translation
O Jehovah, God of armies, how long didst thou smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?

Catholic Public Domain Version
O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?

New American Bible
LORD of hosts, how long will you smolder in anger while your people pray?

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH, God of hosts, how long are you angry against the prayer of your Servant?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
O LORD God of hosts, How long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel
3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. 4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people? 5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.…

Cross References
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

Lamentations 3:44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Malachi 1:9
“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

1 Kings 8:30
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

2 Chronicles 6:19-20
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You. / May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

James 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Matthew 7:7-11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ...

Luke 18:1-8
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: / “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. / And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ...

John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.


Treasury of Scripture

O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

how long

Psalm 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Isaiah 58:2,3,6-9
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…

Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

be angry.

Psalm 74:1
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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O LORD God of Hosts
This phrase is a powerful invocation of God's sovereignty and might. The Hebrew term "Yahweh Sabaoth" is used here, which translates to "LORD of Hosts." This title emphasizes God's supreme command over the heavenly armies and all creation. It reflects His omnipotence and authority, reminding the reader of God's ability to intervene in human affairs. Historically, this title reassured the Israelites of God's protection and strength, especially during times of national crisis or warfare. It is a call to recognize God's ultimate power and to trust in His divine governance.

how long
This phrase captures a deep sense of longing and urgency. It is a common lament in the Psalms, expressing the human experience of waiting for God's intervention. The Hebrew word "ad-anah" conveys a sense of enduring distress and the desire for relief. This question reflects the tension between faith and the reality of suffering, a theme prevalent throughout the Bible. It encourages believers to persist in prayer and trust, even when God's timing is not immediately apparent.

will Your anger smolder
The imagery of smoldering anger suggests a slow-burning, persistent wrath. The Hebrew root "ashan" means to smoke or burn, indicating a continuous state of divine displeasure. This metaphor highlights the seriousness of God's response to sin and disobedience. In the historical context, Israel often faced God's anger due to their idolatry and rebellion. Yet, this phrase also implies the possibility of reconciliation, as smoldering can be extinguished. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of God's justice and mercy.

against the prayers of Your people
This phrase underscores the relational aspect of prayer and the communal identity of God's people. The Hebrew word for "prayers," "tefillot," signifies petitions or supplications made to God. The mention of "Your people" emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and Israel. It reflects the collective cry of a nation seeking divine intervention. Historically, this would resonate with the Israelites during times of exile or oppression, reminding them of their identity as God's chosen people. It encourages believers to approach God with humility and sincerity, trusting in His willingness to hear and respond to their prayers.

(4) How long wilt thou be angry?--Literally, until when hast thou fumed? A pregnant construction combining two clauses. Thou hast been long angry; how long wilt thou continue to be angry? (Comp. Psalm 13:2, Note, and Exodus 10:3.) Others say the preterite here has the sense of a future perfect, which comes to the same thing: "How long wilt thou have fumed? (See Mller's Syntax, ? i. 3, rem. (a), Prof. Robertson's trans.)

Against the prayer.--Literally, in, i.e., during the prayer. The smoke of the Divine anger is, perhaps, conceived of as a cloud through which the prayer (often symbolised by an ascending incense) cannot penetrate.

Verse 4. - O Lord God of hosts. A form of address unusual in the Psalms, but occurring in Psalm 59:5; Psalm 84:8; and below in ver. 18. How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? literally, how long wilt thou smoke? (comp. Psalm 74:1). "Against the prayer" means "in spite of the prayer," or "notwithstanding the prayer." Ordinarily, God forgives, and ceases from his anger, as soon as the afflicted one makes earnest prayer to him. But this is not always so. A time comes when his wrath cannot be appeased - when "there is no remedy" (2 Chronicles 36:16). Evil has been persisted in too long.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
O LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Hosts,
צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

how long
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

will Your anger smolder
עָ֝שַׁ֗נְתָּ (‘ā·šan·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6225: To smoke, be angry

against the prayers
בִּתְפִלַּ֥ת (biṯ·p̄il·laṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn

of Your people?
עַמֶּֽךָ׃ (‘am·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


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