Psalms 85:3
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Psalms 85:3 in other translations
| BSB | You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger. |
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| WEB | You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. |
| ASV | Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. |
| YLT | Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger. |
| DARBY | Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger. |
| BBE | You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath. |
| Webster | Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thy anger. |
What does Psalms 85:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 85:2-3
2-3. (Compare Psa 32:1-5).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 85:1-7
The sense of present afflictions should not do away the remembrance of former mercies. The favour of God is the fountain of happiness to nations, as well as to particular persons. When God forgives sin, he covers it; and when he covers the sin of his people, he covers it all. See what the pardon of sin is. In compassion to us, when Christ our Intercessor has stood before thee, thou hast turned away thine anger. When…
Psalms 85:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 85:3
- Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Deuteronomy 13:17
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
- Isaiah 12:1
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
- Isaiah 6:7
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
- John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- Exodus 32:11-12
And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 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.
- Isaiah 54:7-10
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
- Exodus 32:22
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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Context
- Psalms 85:2
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
- Psalms 85:3
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
- Psalms 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psalms 85:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dejaste toda tu saña: te volviste de la ira de tu furor. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu as pardonné l’iniquité de ton peuple, tu as couvert tous leurs péchés. Sélah. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du hast zurückgezogen all deinen Grimm, hast dich abgewendet von der Glut deines Zornes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam ad te clamavi tota die; |