New English Translation
Psalms 89:46
46How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? 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 have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground. 45You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame. (Selah) How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? 47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal? 48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:46
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
- Psalms 79:5How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
- Psalms 90:13Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
- Psalms 10:1Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
- Psalms 88:14O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
- Job 23:9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.
- Isaiah 45:15Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!
- Hosea 5:15Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
- Psalms 78:63Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
- Jeremiah 4:4Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
- Jeremiah 21:12O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: ‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:29For our God is indeed a devouring 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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