Psalms 89:46

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

44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground; 45The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire? 47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity? 48What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

Psalms 89:46 word by word

עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֖ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֣שׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 89:46

• Psalms 13:1How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 79:5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?
• Psalms 90:13Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
• Psalms 88:14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
• Job 23:9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
• Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.
• Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. ...
• Hosea 5:15I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Psalms 78:63The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
• Jeremiah 21:12House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Hebrews 12:29For also 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

Topics related to Psalms 89:46

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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