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You kept back your blazing anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/85.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/85.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/85.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned <i>thyself</i> from the fierceness of thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/85.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/85.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/85.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/85.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou didst withdraw all Thy fury; Thou didst turn away from Thy burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/85.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You withdrew all Your fury; You turned back from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/85.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have withdrawn all Your wrath, You have turned away from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/85.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You withdrew all your fury; you turned from your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/85.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You withdrew all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/85.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/85.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your fierce anger is no longer aimed at us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/85.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/85.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You laid aside all your fury. You turned away from your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/85.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You stopped being angry with them and held back your furious rage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/85.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You withdrew all your wrath and turned away from your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/85.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/85.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/85.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/85.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thy anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/85.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/85.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have gathered up all Your wrath, "" You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/85.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/85.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst take away all thy wrath: thou didst turn back the burning of thine anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/85.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou best turned away from the wrath of thy indignation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/85.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 84:4>You have mitigated all your wrath. You have turned aside from the wrath of your indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/85.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You withdrew all your wrath, turned back from your burning anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/85.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/85.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast withdrawn the fierceness of thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/85.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you have removed all your anger and you have turned away the heat of your wrath!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/85.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/85.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou has caused all thy wrath to cease: thou hast turned from thy fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/85-3.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=10631" 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">2</span>You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ’ā·sap̄·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">You withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: ‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">Your fury;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: hĕ·šî·ḇō·w·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">You turned from</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: mê·ḥă·rō·wn (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">Your burning anger.</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pe·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."></a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.…<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="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a></span><br />In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.<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="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a></span><br />No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<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="/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="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a></span><br />So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Numbers 14:19-20</a></span><br />Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.” / “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.<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="/daniel/9-9.htm">Daniel 9:9</a></span><br />To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him<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/3-10.htm">Jonah 3:10</a></span><br />When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9-10</a></span><br />Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! / For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3-5</a></span><br />All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. / But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21-22</a></span><br />Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. / But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">2 Corinthians 5:18-19</a></span><br />All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: / that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger.</p><p class="hdg">taken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7</a></b></br> And he laid <i>it</i> upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a></b></br> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-10</a></b></br> For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee… </p><p class="hdg">turned, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11,22</a></b></br> And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a></b></br> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/psalms/79-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/59-3.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/84-9.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Withdraw</a> <a href="/psalms/77-9.htm">Withdrawn</a> <a href="/job/34-14.htm">Withdrew</a> <a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/102-22.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/psalms/119-53.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/psalms/86-10.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/86-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/104-22.htm">Withdraw</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm">Withdrawn</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Withdrew</a> <a href="/psalms/85-5.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>You withheld all Your fury;</b><br>This phrase reflects God's mercy and restraint. In the context of Israel's history, God's fury often manifested as judgment due to the people's disobedience and idolatry. The withholding of fury suggests a period of divine patience and forgiveness. This can be seen in the cycles of sin and redemption throughout the Old Testament, particularly in the Book of Judges, where God repeatedly delivers Israel despite their failures. Theologically, this restraint is a precursor to the ultimate act of mercy through Jesus Christ, who absorbs God's wrath on behalf of humanity (<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>).<p><b>You turned from Your burning anger.</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes a change in God's disposition towards His people. The "burning anger" signifies intense divine displeasure, often resulting in consequences for sin. However, the turning away from anger indicates reconciliation and restoration. This is reminiscent of God's covenantal promises, where He remains faithful despite human unfaithfulness. The turning away from anger can be seen as a foreshadowing of the New Covenant, where through Christ's sacrifice, believers are reconciled to God (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">2 Corinthians 5:18-19</a>). This act of turning is also a call for repentance, aligning with the prophetic messages in the Old Testament that urge Israel to return to God to experience His compassion and forgiveness (<a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a>).<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, often experiencing cycles of sin, judgment, repentance, and restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_anger.htm">God's Anger</a></b><br>A central theme in this verse, representing divine justice and holiness in response to sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_mercy.htm">Divine Mercy</a></b><br>The act of God withholding His fury, demonstrating His compassion and willingness to forgive.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The broader context of the Psalm, which speaks to the restoration of Israel after a period of judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_anger.htm">Understanding Divine Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to sin and injustice, reflecting His holiness and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_repentance.htm">The Role of Repentance</a></b><br>Repentance is crucial in turning away God's anger, as seen in the history of Israel and other biblical accounts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_compassion.htm">God's Mercy and Compassion</a></b><br>God’s willingness to withhold His fury demonstrates His deep compassion and desire for restoration rather than destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_intercession.htm">The Importance of Intercession</a></b><br>Intercessory prayer can play a significant role in seeking God’s mercy, as exemplified by figures like Moses and Daniel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_gratitude.htm">Living in Gratitude</a></b><br>Recognizing God’s mercy should lead us to live lives of gratitude, obedience, and reverence.<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/psalm_85__how_to_reconcile_hope_with_exile.htm">Psalm 85 - How can we harmonize this psalm's hope for national revival with other biblical texts that emphasize permanent punishment or exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_38_3_link_illness_to_anger.htm">How can Psalm 38:3 link physical sickness directly to divine anger without any natural or scientific explanation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_85_2-3_seem_contradictory.htm">Psalm 85:2-3 - Why does God's forgiveness here seem to conflict with other biblical passages depicting severe and unforgiving judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_11_8-9_align_with_god's_judgments.htm">How does Hosea 11:8-9's portrayal of divine compassion align with Old Testament passages describing God's severe judgments?</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 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast taken away all thy wrath</span>. Forgiveness of sins implies the cessation of wrath, though it does not necessarily imply the cessation of punishment. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast turned thyself from</span> <span class="cmt_word">the fierceness of thine anger.</span> This expresses the meaning better than the marginal rendering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/85-3.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">You withheld</span><br /><span class="heb">אָסַ֥פְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·sap̄·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your fury;</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Overflow, arrogance, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You turned from</span><br /><span class="heb">הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָ</span> <span class="translit">(hĕ·šî·ḇō·w·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your burning anger.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחֲר֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 85:3 You have taken away all your wrath (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/85-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 85:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 85:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/85-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 85:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 85:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>