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How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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How long

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"

Wilt

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.
Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Jealousy

The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.
They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.
therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.'
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."
Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them -- all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.

General references

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

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