Psalms 85:5
Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou best turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.
6Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.
Psalms 77:9Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from generation to generation?
Psalms 80:4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.
Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown 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 →