Psalms 85:5
For you, O Lord, are kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon you. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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 your servant: for to you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 1
6Give ear to my prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication. 1
Cross References
Psalms 60:3because you were my hope, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy. 1
Psalms 77:9The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting with the bow, turned back in the day of battle. 1
Psalms 80:4For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. 1
Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins + 64:9 The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. for ever; but now look on us, for we are all your people.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, cancelling 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 →