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Psalms 89:46
46How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire?
Psalms 89:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- English Standard Version (ESV)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- New King James Version (NKJV)How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Context of Psalms 89:46
44You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne. 45You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame.Selah How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire? 47Remember how short my life is. Have you created everyone for nothing? 48What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:46 word by word
עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֖ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֣שׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:46
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?
- Psalms 90:13Lord — how long? Turn and have compassion on your servants.
- Psalms 10:1Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble?
- Psalms 88:14Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?
- Job 23:9When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him.
- Isaiah 45:15Yes, you are a God who hides, God of Israel, Savior.
- Hosea 5:15I will depart and return to my place until they recognize their guilt and seek my face; they will search for me in their distress.
- Psalms 78:63Fire consumed his chosen young men, and his young women had no wedding songs.
- Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.
- Jeremiah 21:12House of David, this is what the Lord says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:29for our God is a consuming fire.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46How long, Lord? - The promise cannot utterly fail. When then, O Lord, wilt thou restore the kingdom to Israel?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46How long, Lord? - How long is this to continue? Can it be that this is to continue always? Is there to be no change for the better? Are the promises which have been made, never to be fulfilled? Compare Psalm 13:1, note; Psalm 77:7-9, notes. Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? - Thy favor. Wilt thou never come forth and manifest thyself as the Helper of those who trust in thee? Shall thy wrath burn like fire? - Fire which entirely consumes; fire which never…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-52Verses 38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God seemed to have cast him off, yet did not make void his covenant, for that was established for ever. The honour of the house of David was lost. Thrones and crowns are often laid in the dust; but there is a crown of glory reserved for Christ's spiritual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-47The psalmist wonders whether he will live long enough to see the Lord’s anger end. Human life is short and passes quickly before the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-5238-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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