Psalms 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
In Context
45The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. Selah.
47O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
Cross References
Psalms 10:1Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms 78:63Fire devoured their young men, and their virgins had no marriage-song.
Psalms 85:5Will thou be angry with us forever? Will thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD. How long? And relent concerning thy servants.
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will be a man who has trusted (LXX/NT) in him.
Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:39-52
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43… Read the whole commentary →