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We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.[a]
How long will this go on, O Lord?[b]
Will you stay angry forever?
How long will your rage[c] burn like fire?
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you,[d]
on the kingdoms that do not pray to you.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:4 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.
  2. Psalm 79:5 tn Heb “How long, O Lord?”
  3. Psalm 79:5 tn Or “jealous anger.”
  4. Psalm 79:6 tn Heb “which do not know you.” Here the Hebrew term “know” means “acknowledge the authority of.”
  5. Psalm 79:6 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.