Psalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
6Wilt thou not revive us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou hast caused thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us drink the wine of reeling.
Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his compassion?
Psalms 80:4O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth, O Jehovah, to the uttermost, Nor remember our iniquity forever! Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee, we are all thy people!
Micah 7:18Who is a God like thee, that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by transgression, In the remnant of his inheritance? He retaineth not his anger forever, For he delighteth in mercy.
Revelation 18:21And a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be thrown down, and shall never more be found.
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 →