Psalms 85:4

85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. thyself: or, thine anger from waxing hot

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

KJV

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Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

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

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause your anger toward us to cease.

85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

What does Psalms 85:4 mean?

Psalms 85:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׁוּב (shûwb), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), יֶשַׁע (yeshaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

Turnשׁוּבshûwb/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

us,

Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

our

salvation,יֶשַׁעyeshaʻ/yeh'-shah/H3468liberty, deliverance, prosperity

and

cause

thine

angerכַּעַסkaʻaç/kah'-as/H3708vexation

toward

cease.פָּרַרpârar/paw-rar'/H6565to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate

Topics

Affliction, Prayer Under Nation Patriotism

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 85:4.

1 Kings 13:6

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. the LORD, and: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc

Joshua 1:15

Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. corrupted: or, were corrupt ceased: Heb. let nothing fall of their

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 85:4 say?

Psalms 85:4 (King James Version) reads: "Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease."

Is Psalms 85:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 85:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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