Psalms 85:5
Will thou be angry with us forever? Will thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
6Will thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou have shown thy people hard things. Thou have made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 80:4O LORD God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Isaiah 64:9Be not angry very severely, O LORD, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Revelation 18:21And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 85:2-8
Prayer in Time of Trouble. 1 Lord , thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that… Read the whole commentary →