Psalms 85:5
To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
In Context
4Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
6Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.
Psalms 77:9Hath God forgotten [His] favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.
Psalms 80:4Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people [are] we all.
Micah 7:18Who [is] a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He — He delighteth [in] kindness.
Revelation 18:21And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast [it] to the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any 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 →