Psalms 89:46

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“How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?”

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BSBPD

“How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 89:46 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 23:9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
  2. Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
  3. Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  4. Psalms 78:63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
  5. Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
  6. Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
  7. Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
  8. Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
  9. Psalms 102:24I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
  10. Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
  11. Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
  12. Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
  13. Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
  14. Jeremiah 51:51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
  15. Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
  16. 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  17. Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”

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