Psalm 85:5
New International Version
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?

New Living Translation
Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

English Standard Version
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

Berean Standard Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

King James Bible
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

New King James Version
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

New American Standard Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

NASB 1995
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

NASB 1977
Wilt Thou be angry with us forever? Wilt Thou prolong Thine anger to all generations?

Legacy Standard Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?

Amplified Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Christian Standard Bible
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?

American Standard Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Contemporary English Version
Will you always be angry with us and our families?

English Revised Version
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?

Good News Translation
Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease?

International Standard Version
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?

Majority Standard Bible
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

NET Bible
Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

New Heart English Bible
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

Webster's Bible Translation
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thy anger to all generations?

World English Bible
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger "" To generation and generation?

Young's Literal Translation
To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?

Smith's Literal Translation
Wilt thou be angry with us forever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to generation and generation?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Will you be angry with us forever? And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation?

New American Bible
Will you be angry with us forever, prolong your anger for all generations?

New Revised Standard Version
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Be not angry with us for ever; hold not thine anger against all generations.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do not be angry against us for eternity and do not keep your wrath for a generation of generations!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wouldest thou be angry with us for ever? or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
You Showed Favor to Your Land
4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us. 5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations? 6Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?…

Cross References
Exodus 34:6-7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Numbers 14:18
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.

Jeremiah 3:12
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

Lamentations 3:31-32
For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

2 Chronicles 30:9
For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

Isaiah 54:7-8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 4:2
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Romans 11:21-22
For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

Ephesians 4:26
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.


Treasury of Scripture

Will you be angry with us for ever? will you draw out your anger to all generations?

anger

Psalm 74:1
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Psalm 77:9
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Psalm 79:5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Draw

Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Revelation 18:21-23
And 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…

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1. The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for continuance thereof.
8. He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness














Will You be angry with us forever?
This phrase begins with a direct question to God, reflecting a deep yearning for reconciliation and restoration. The Hebrew word for "angry" here is "אָנַף" (anaph), which conveys a sense of intense displeasure or wrath. Historically, this reflects the Israelites' understanding of God's righteous anger in response to their disobedience and sin. The use of "forever" (עוֹלָם, olam) suggests a fear of perpetual separation from God's favor, highlighting the urgency and desperation in the plea. This question is not just about divine anger but also about the hope for God's enduring mercy and forgiveness, a theme that resonates throughout the Psalms and the broader biblical narrative.

Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
The phrase "draw out" translates from the Hebrew "מָשַׁךְ" (mashak), meaning to prolong or extend. This suggests a concern that God's anger might not only affect the current generation but also future ones. The Israelites were acutely aware of the covenantal relationship with God, where the actions of one generation could impact the next. The mention of "all generations" (דּוֹר וָדוֹר, dor va-dor) underscores the communal and enduring nature of their relationship with God. It reflects a plea for divine intervention to break the cycle of sin and punishment, emphasizing the hope for a renewed relationship with God that transcends time and impacts future generations. This plea is rooted in the understanding of God's character as both just and merciful, a balance that is central to the biblical portrayal of God's dealings with humanity.

Verse 5. - Wilt thou be angry with us forever? This is equivalent to "Wilt thou still go on punishing us?" Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? or, "from generation to generation?" This suits well the first period after the return from the Captivity, when the depressed condition of Israel continued for several generations.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Will You be angry
תֶּֽאֱנַף־ (te·’ĕ·nap̄-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 599: To breathe hard, be enraged

with us
בָּ֑נוּ (bā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

forever?
הַלְעוֹלָ֥ם (hal·‘ō·w·lām)
Article, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

Will You draw out
תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְ (tim·šōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 4900: To draw, drag

Your anger
אַ֝פְּךָ֗ (’ap·pə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

to all
לְדֹ֣ר (lə·ḏōr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

generations?
וָדֹֽר׃ (wā·ḏōr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


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