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Psalms 89:46
46O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger 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 ended his splendor and overturned his throne. 45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire? 47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence! 48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
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 13:1O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
- Psalms 79:5O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?
- Psalms 90:13O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!
- Psalms 10:1O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
- Psalms 88:14O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
- Job 23:9I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I look to the south, but he is concealed.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.
- Isaiah 45:15Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.
- Hosea 5:15Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”
- Psalms 78:63Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs.
- Jeremiah 4:4O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.
- Jeremiah 21:12This is what the Lord says to the dynasty of David: “‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:29For our God is 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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