Psalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Turne vs, O God of our saluation, and release thine anger toward vs.
6Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs, that thy people may reioyce in thee?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou hast shewed thy people heauy things: thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of giddines.
Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.
Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?
Isaiah 64:9Be not angry, O Lord, aboue measure, neither remember iniquitie for euer: lo, we beseech thee beholde, we are all thy people.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He reteineth not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him.
Revelation 18:21Then a mightie Angell tooke vp a stone like a great milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, With such violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast, and shalbe found no more.
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 →