Psalms 85:5
Will you cherish your anger against us forever, prolonging your wrath to all generations?
Open English Bible (US)
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 our savior, put away your displeasure against us.
6Will you not revive us again, that your people may be glad in you?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3You have made your people drink hardship, and given us wine of reeling.
Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious, or in anger withheld his compassion?” Selah
Psalms 80:4O Lord of hosts, how long is your anger to smoke, despite the prayer of your people?
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights in mercy.
Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, crying – “So will Babylon, the great city, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen.
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 →