Psalms 89:46

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hide	תִּסָּתֵ֣ר ti.sa.Ter	H5641	to hide (by covering) · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
ever	לָנֶ֑צַח la.Ne.tzach	H5331	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wrath	חֲמָתֶֽךָ cha.ma.Te.kha	H2534	heat · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
burn	תִּבְעַ֖ר tiv.'Ar	H1197	to kindle · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	אֵ֣שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Psalms 88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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:
Psalms 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:38–end

In these verses we have, I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. "Thou saidst thou wouldst not take away thy lovingkindness, but thou hast cast off." Sometimes, it is no easy thing to reconcile God's providences with his promises, and yet we are sure they are reconcilable; for God's works fulfil his word and never contradict it. 1. David's house seemed to have lost its interest in God, which was the greatest strength and beauty of it. God had been pleased with his anointed, but now he was wroth with him (Psa 89:38), had entered into covenant with the family, but now,…

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John Gill on Psalms 89:46

How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever?.... When God hides his face front his people, though it is but for a little while, it seems long, and a kind of an eternity to them; and so it seemed to the man Christ Jesus; and indeed what he endured, when his Father hid his face from him, was of the same kind with an eternal absence; see Psalm 13:1, shall thy wrath burn like fire? it did so when Christ bore the sins of his people, and all the punishment due unto them; when his strength was dried up like a potsherd; when he, the antitype of the passover lamb roasted with fire, was sacrificed for us; all which is entirely consistent with God's everlasting and invariable love to him, as his…

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John Calvin on Psalms 89:46-48

Psalm 89:46-48 46. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire? 47. Remember of what age I am! [555] why shouldst thou have created all the sons of men in vain? [556] 48. What man shall live, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul [or life] from the hand of the grave? [557] Selah. 46. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? After having poured forth his complaints respecting the sad and calamitous condition of the Church, the Psalmist now turns himself to prayer. Whence it follows that the language of lamentation to which he had hitherto given utterance, although it emanated from carnal sense, was nevertheless conjoined with…

The Church Fathers

Let us therefore see whether God fulfils His promises. After these stern penalties which have been recorded as having been inflicted upon this people and kingdom, that God might not be supposed to have fulfilled His promises in it, and so not to grant another kingdom in Christ, of which kingdom there shall be no end; the Prophet addresses Him in these words, "Lord, how long wilt Thou hide Thyself unto the end?" (ver. 46). For possibly it was not from them and to the end; because "blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in, and so all Israel shall be saved." But in the mean while "shall Thy wrath burn like fire."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 89

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Dictionary and topics

Ezrahite — A title given to Ethan (1 Kings 4:31; Ps. 89, title) and Heman (Ps. 88, title). They were both sons of Zerah (1 Chr. 2:6).
Hermon — A peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean. It marks the north boundary of Palestine (Deut. 3:8, 4:48; Josh. 11:3,…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 89:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:38–end

John Gill on Psalms 89:46

John Calvin on Psalms 89:46-48

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 89:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:38–end

John Gill on Psalms 89:46

John Calvin on Psalms 89:46-48

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 89:46-51

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 89:46-47

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 89:46