Psalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.
Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 80:4Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, 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 forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
Revelation 18:21And a strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no 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 →