Psalms 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
In Context
45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Cross References
Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Psalms 78:63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
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 →