English Standard Version
Psalms 89:46
46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn 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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
Context of Psalms 89:46
44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? 47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! 48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul 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
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:46
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
- Psalms 10:1Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 88:14O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
- Job 23:9on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
- Isaiah 45:15Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
- Hosea 5:15I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
- Psalms 78:63Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.
- Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds."
- Jeremiah 21:12O house of David! Thus says the Lord: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not 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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