New English Translation
Psalms 85:5
5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
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 withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. 4Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us! Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? 6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you! 7O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance!
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 74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”
- Psalms 79:5How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
- Isaiah 64:9Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
- Micah 7:18There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Revelation 18:21Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found 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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