Psalms 89:46
How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
Darby Translation
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 hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
Psalms 78:63The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?
Psalms 90:13Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.
Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to 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 →