New King James Version
Psalms 85:5
5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all 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 Living Translation (NLT)Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?
Context of Psalms 85:5
3You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. 4Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? 6Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? 7Show us Your mercy, Lord, And grant us Your salvation.
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 74:1O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah
- Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people?
- Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
- Isaiah 64:9Do not be furious, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
- Luke 21:24And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.
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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