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Psalms 85:3

What does Psalms 85:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 85:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.

Context

v.2Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. [Selah

v.3This passage

v.4Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 54:7

    For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

  • Isaiah 12:1

    And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.

  • 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 destroythem.

  • Deuteronomy 13:17

    And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  • Jonah 3:9

    Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  • Exodus 32:11

    And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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