Psalms 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
KJV
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?
ASV
הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑י/ו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖י/ו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה
Hebrew
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
YLT
How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בּוּשָׁ֔ה
bvshh
noun · 4×
ו
v
pronoun · 5×
יַעְטֶ֑ה
y'th
verb · 17×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 11.—Of the Substance of the People of God, Which Through His Assumption of Flesh is in Christ, Who Alone Had Power to Deliver His Own Soul from Hell. But after having prophesied these things, the prophet betakes him to praying to God; yet even the very prayer is prophecy: “How long, Lord, dost Thou turn away in the end?”10591059 Ps. lxxxix. 46. “Thy face” is understood,…
Cross-references
- Ezek 38:18 — And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
- Job 23:9 — On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
- Lam 2:3 — He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
- Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Ps 35:17 — Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
- Ps 77:7 — Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
- Ps 78:63 — The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
- Ps 79:5 — How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Ps 79:5 — How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Ps 88:14 — LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
- Ps 90:13 — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- Ps 90:13 — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.