Psalm 89:46
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Key Terms in This Verse
אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →Cross References
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
For our God is a consuming fire.
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench i...
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because...
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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