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Will you prolong your anger through all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/85.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/85.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/85.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/85.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/85.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/85.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/85.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/85.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Wilt Thou be angry with us forever? Wilt Thou prolong Thine anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/85.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/85.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/85.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/85.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger for all generations? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/85.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/85.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Will you always be angry with us and our families? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/85.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/85.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/85.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/85.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/85.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/85.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/85.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/85.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thy anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/85.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/85.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger "" To generation and generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/85.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/85.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us forever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to generation and generation?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/85.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/85.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 84:6>Will you be angry with us forever? And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/85.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever, prolong your anger for all generations? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/85.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/85.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Be not angry with us for ever; hold not thine anger against all generations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/85.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do not be angry against us for eternity and do not keep your wrath for a generation of generations!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/85.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/85.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wouldest thou be angry with us for ever? or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/85-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10643" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/85.htm">You Showed Favor to Your Land</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/599.htm" title="599: te·’ĕ·nap̄- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to breathe hard, i.e. Be enraged.">Will You be angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- ">with us</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: hal·‘ō·w·lām (Art, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: tim·šōḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">Will You draw out</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">Your anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏōr (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">to all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: wā·ḏōr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">generations?</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-31.htm">Lamentations 3:31-32</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm">2 Chronicles 30:9</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Hosea 14:4</a></span><br />I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/4-2.htm">Jonah 4:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21-22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm">Ephesians 4:26</a></span><br />“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will you be angry with us for ever? will you draw out your anger to all generations?</p><p class="hdg">anger</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1</a></b></br> Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast <i>us</i> off for ever? <i>why</i> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-9.htm">Psalm 77:9</a></b></br> Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5</a></b></br> How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?</p><p class="hdg">Draw</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-23</a></b></br> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast <i>it</i> into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/81-15.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/psalms/83-17.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/psalms/61-6.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/psalms/82-8.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/86-12.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/107-18.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/psalms/86-12.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/89-1.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/psalms/89-1.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-2.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/psalms/85-6.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 85</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for continuance thereof.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/85-8.htm">He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/85.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/85.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Will You be angry with us forever?</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep concern about the enduring nature of God's anger. In the context of Israel's history, God's anger often manifested as a response to the people's disobedience and idolatry. The Israelites experienced periods of divine discipline, such as the Babylonian exile, which were seen as expressions of God's righteous anger. The question posed here is rhetorical, expressing a hope that God's anger is not eternal. Biblically, God's anger is always balanced by His mercy and willingness to forgive, as seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God is described as "slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness." This phrase also echoes the lament of other psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7-9</a>, where the psalmist questions the permanence of God's rejection.<p><b>Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?</b><br>This phrase suggests a concern for the future and the impact of God's anger on subsequent generations. In the Old Testament, the consequences of sin were often seen as affecting not just the individual but their descendants, as seen in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God warns of visiting "the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation." However, the Bible also emphasizes God's desire to bless future generations, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>, which speaks of God keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations. The plea here is for God to relent and not allow His anger to extend indefinitely. This reflects a trust in God's character as one who ultimately desires restoration and reconciliation, a theme fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who bore the wrath of God on behalf of humanity, offering redemption and peace with God for all generations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons_of_korah.htm">The Sons of Korah</a></b><br>The authors of <a href="/bsb/psalms/85.htm">Psalm 85</a>, a group of Levitical singers and musicians who played a significant role in temple worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom the Psalm is addressed, representing the people of God who are seeking restoration and forgiveness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the Psalm, whose anger and mercy are being addressed by the psalmist.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a></b><br>The historical context likely involves the Babylonian Exile, a period of punishment and reflection for Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The event or hope for which the psalmist is pleading, seeking God's favor and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_anger.htm">Understanding God's Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to sin and disobedience, but it is not His defining characteristic. His anger serves a purpose in leading His people back to righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_mercy.htm">The Nature of God's Mercy</a></b><br>While God may express anger, His mercy is abundant and available to those who seek Him with a repentant heart. His desire is for restoration, not perpetual punishment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact.htm">Generational Impact</a></b><br>The psalmist's concern about anger extending to all generations highlights the importance of breaking cycles of sin and seeking God's favor for future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>The plea for God not to be angry forever reflects a deep hope and trust in His promise of restoration. Believers can find comfort in knowing that God's ultimate plan is one of redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_repentance.htm">Prayer and Repentance</a></b><br>This verse encourages believers to approach God in prayer, acknowledging His righteous anger but also appealing to His mercy and love for forgiveness and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_85.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 85</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'god_is_good'_mean.htm">What does 'God is good' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_love_with_suffering.htm">If God's faithful love 'continues through all generations' (Psalm 100:5), how do we reconcile this claim with widespread suffering and injustice throughout history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_earth_endure_eternally.htm">Will the earth last forever? (Psalm 104:5 vs. 2 Peter 3:10)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_life_expectancy.htm">Will love and faithfulness always stay with you?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/85.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wilt</span> <span class="cmt_word">thou be angry with</span> <span class="cmt_word">us</span> <span class="cmt_word">forever?</span> This is equivalent to "Wilt thou still go on punishing us?" <span class="cmt_word">Wilt</span> <span class="cmt_word">thou draw out thine anger to all generations?</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/85-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will You be angry</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּֽאֱנַף־</span> <span class="translit">(te·’ĕ·nap̄-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe hard, be enraged</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with us</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֑נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever?</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלְעוֹלָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(hal·‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will You draw out</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(tim·šōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw, drag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֝פְּךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדֹ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">generations?</span><br /><span class="heb">וָדֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·ḏōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/85-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 85:5 Will you be angry with us forever? 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