Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 85:5
5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine 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 King James Version (NKJV)Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
Context of Psalms 85:5
3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7Shew us thy mercy, O Yhwh, and grant us thy salvation.
Read all of Psalms 85Psalms 85:5 word by word
הַלְעוֹלָ֥ם תֶּֽאֱנַף־בָּ֑נוּ תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְ אַ֝פְּךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 85:5
- Psalms 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
- Psalms 79:5How long, Yhwh? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 80:4O Yhwh God of Armies, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- Psalms 89:46How long, Yah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O Yhwh, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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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