Psalms 89:46
(89-47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
In Context
45(89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
47(89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
Cross References
Psalms 10:1Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms 78:63Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
Psalms 85:5(85-6) Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD; how long? And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.
Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can 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 →