Psalms 85:5
For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle; 1 And plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: 1 For to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 1
6Give ear to my prayer, O Lord; 1 And attend to the voice of my supplication. 1
Cross References
Psalms 60:3From the ends of the earth have I cried to thee, 1 When my heart was in trouble: 1 Thou liftedst me up on a rock, 1 Thou didst guide me:
Psalms 77:9The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting with the bow, 1 Turned back in the day of battle. 1
Psalms 80:4Blow the trumpet at the new moon, 1 In the glorious day of your feast. 1
Isaiah 64:9The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Zion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like thee, canceling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
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 →