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Psalms 85:3

85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. thyself: or, thine anger from waxing hot

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You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger.

85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

What does Psalms 85:3 mean?

Psalms 85:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָסַף (ʼâçaph), עֶבְרָה (ʻebrâh), שׁוּב (shûwb).

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Thou
hast
taken
awayאָסַףʼâçaph/aw-saf'/H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
all
thy
wrath:עֶבְרָהʻebrâh/eb-raw'/H5678an outburst of passion
thou
hast
turnedשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
thyself
from
the
fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôwn/khaw-rone'/H2740a burning of anger
of
thine
anger.אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
thyself:
or,
thine
anger
from
waxing
hot

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 85:3.

Exodus 32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Genesis 27:45

Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Genesis 29:3

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Isaiah 13:13

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Isaiah 13:9

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Numbers 25:4

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 85:3 say?

Psalms 85:3 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. thyself: or, thine anger from waxing hot"

Is Psalms 85:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 85:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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