New King James Version
Psalms 89:46
46How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? 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?
- English Standard Version (ESV)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long 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 glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. 45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? 47Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men? 48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life 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
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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, 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? And have compassion on Your servants.
- Psalms 10:1Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Psalms 88:14Lord, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- Job 23:9When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
- Isaiah 8:17And I will wait on the Lord, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.
- Isaiah 45:15Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
- Hosea 5:15I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Psalms 78:63The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.
- Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings.”
- Jeremiah 21:12O house of David! Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment in the morning; And deliver him who is plundered Out of the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth like fire And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 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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