Psalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
King James Version
In Context
4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 80:4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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 →