4 How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
4 God, God of the angel armies, how long will you smolder like a sleeping volcano while your people call for fire and brimstone?
4 O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people?
4 O Lord God of Heaven's Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 80:4
Commentary on Psalm 80:1-7
(Read Psalm 80:1-7)
He that dwelleth upon the mercy-seat, is the good Shepherd of his people. But we can neither expect the comfort of his love, nor the protection of his arm, unless we partake of his converting grace. If he is really angry at the prayers of his people, it is because, although they pray, their ends are not right, or there is some secret sin indulged in them, or he will try their patience and perseverance in prayer. When God is displeased with his people, we must expect to see them in tears, and their enemies in triumph. There is no salvation but from God's favour; there is no conversion to God but by his own grace.