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Psalm 79:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 79:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 We have become the scorn of our neighbors,
mocked and derided by those around us.[a]
5 [b]How long, O Lord?[c] Will you be angry forever?
How long will your rage continue to blaze like a fire?
6 [d]Pour out your wrath on the nations
that refuse to acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that fail to call on your name.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:4 A secular hostility opposed Israel to its neighbors, as is shown by the oracles of the Prophets against the nations (see Lam 3:45; Zep 2:8).
- Psalm 79:5 The divine justice cannot remain inactive in the case of such wickedness, which calls out for retribution.
- Psalm 79:5 How long . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4. Rage: i.e., a jealous rage (see Ps 119:139; Nah 1:2). Blaze like a fire: see Deut 4:24; 6:15; Zep 1:18; 3:8.
- Psalm 79:6 Cited in Jer 10:25. Concerning the call for redress, see note on Ps 5:11.
- Psalm 79:6 See notes on Pss 5:11; 35.
