God’s Word Translation
Psalms 89:46
46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to 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?
- 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 put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. 45You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. Selah How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire? 47Remember how short my life is! Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason? 48Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? 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, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?
- Psalms 90:13Return, Lord! How long … ? Change your plans about ⌞us,⌟ your servants.
- Psalms 10:1Why are you so distant, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 88:14Why do you reject my soul, O Lord? Why do you hide your face from me?
- Job 23:9If I go northward, where he is at work, I can’t observe him. If I turn southward, I can’t see him.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.
- Isaiah 45:15Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself. You are the God of Israel, the Savior!
- Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”
- Psalms 78:63Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs.
- Jeremiah 4:4Be circumcised by the Lord, and get rid of the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my fury will flare up like a fire. It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you do.
- Jeremiah 21:12descendants of David. This is what the Lord says: Judge fairly every morning. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my fury will break out and burn like fire. No one will be able to put it out because of the evil things you have done.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8He will take revenge on those who refuse to acknowledge God and on those who refuse to respond to the Good News about our Lord Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:29After all, our God is a destructive 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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