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Psalms 85:5
5Will you continue to be angry with us for ever? Will you be angry with our children too?
Psalms 85:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
- New International Version (NIV)Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
Context of Psalms 85:5
3You stopped being so angry with them. You did not punish them any more. 4But now turn back to us, and make us strong again, God. You are the one who rescues us. Please stop being angry with us. Will you continue to be angry with us for ever? Will you be angry with our children too? 6Please turn back to us and give us new life! Then your people will be happy and they will praise you. 7Lord, show us again your faithful love! Please rescue us!
Read all of Psalms 85Psalms 85:5 word by word
הַלְעוֹלָ֥ם תֶּֽאֱנַף־בָּ֑נוּ תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְ אַ֝פְּךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 85:5
- Psalms 74:1God, have you turned against us for ever? Why are you so angry with us? We belong to you, so please take care of us, like a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be kind and help us? Is he so angry that he will not be kind to us any more?’ Selah.
- Psalms 79:5Lord, how long will this continue? Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you always be angry, like a fire that continues to burn?
- Psalms 80:4Lord God Almighty, we, your people, are praying to you. How long will you continue to be angry with us?
- Psalms 89:46Lord, how long will this continue? Will you hide yourself from us for ever? Will your anger continue to burn like a fire?
- Isaiah 64:9Lord, please do not be too angry with us. Do not hold our sins in your mind for ever. Do not forget us! We are your people, all of us!
- Micah 7:18No other god is like you. You chose us to be your people. And you decide not to remember what we have done wrong. Not many of your people remain and we have done bad things. But you choose to forget those bad things. You will not always be angry, because you want very much to be kind.
- Luke 21:24At that time, enemies will fight God's people and kill many of them in war. They will take some of them away as prisoners to live in all the other countries. They will not be free to return home. People that are not Jews will destroy Jerusalem. They will rule here until it is time for them to stop.’
- Revelation 18:21Then a powerful angel picked up a very big, heavy stone. He threw it into the sea. He said, ‘God will throw you down, Babylon! You are a great city, but God will throw you down like this stone. Nobody will ever see you again!
Commentaries on Psalms 85:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Wilt thou draw out thine anger - We have already suffered much and long; our fathers have suffered, and we have succeeded to their distresses. Draw not out thy anger against us from generation to generation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? - Thine anger is so long continued that it seems as if it would never cease. Wilt thou draw out thine anger - Wilt thou protract or prolong it? The idea is that of a determined purpose, in retaining his anger, as if his wrath would cease of necessity unless there were such a direct exercise of will. To all generations - literally, “from generation to generation.” That is, - so that not merely the generation which has…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Though the psalmist gratefully acknowledges God’s goodness, he also asks God whether his wrath will last forever.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. having still occasion for the anger which is deprecated.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 85
- 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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