Psalms 85:5
\85:4\Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4\85:3\You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.
Cross References
Psalms 60:3\60:1\God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.
Psalms 77:9\77:8\Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?
Psalms 80:4\80:3\Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Revelation 18:21And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.
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 →