Psalms 85:5
For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.
Catholic Public Domain 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
4Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
6Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.
Cross References
Psalms 60:3I cried out to you from the ends of the earth. When my heart was in anguish, you exalted me on a rock. You have led me,
Psalms 77:9The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms 80:4Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,
Isaiah 64:9Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.
Micah 7:18What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.
Revelation 18:21And a certain strong Angel took up a stone, similar to a great millstone, and he cast it into the sea, saying: “With this force shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down. And she shall never be found again.
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 →