Psa 80:4 | NETfull | STEP | O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

Psalms 80:4

4 O Lord God, invincible warrior! ^{▼▼ Heb “Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי (’elohey) before צְבָאוֹת (ts^eva’ot; “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (ts^eva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. In this context the term “hosts” (meaning “armies”) has been rendered “invincible warrior.”}
How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? ^{▼▼ Heb “How long will you remain angry during the prayer of your people.” Some take the preposition -בְּ (bet) in an adversative sense here (“at/against the prayer of your people”), but the temporal sense is preferable. The psalmist expects persistent prayer to pacify God.}