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Psalms 89:46

89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

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

How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?

89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

What does Psalms 89:46 mean?

Psalms 89:46 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), סָתַר (çâthar), נֶצַח (netsach).

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How
long,
LORD?יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
wilt
thou
hideסָתַרçâthar/saw-thar'/H5641to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
thyself
for
ever?נֶצַחnetsach/neh'-tsakh/H5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
shall
thy
wrathחֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
burnבָּעַרbâʻar/baw-ar'/H1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
like
fire?אֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:46.

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Exodus 22:6

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Exodus 3:2

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Exodus 35:3

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Ezekiel 39:9

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: handstaves: or, javelins burn them: or, make a fire of them

Psalms 10:11

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalms 13:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? chief: or, overseer

Psalms 39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

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What does Psalms 89:46 say?

Psalms 89:46 (King James Version) reads: "How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?"

Is Psalms 89:46 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:46 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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