Psalm 89:46

Perplexity About God's Promises

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah.
⁴⁶ How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

How Long

Jehovah

Psalm 79:5

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 78:63

Fire devoured His young men,
And His virgins had no wedding songs.

Job 23:9

When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

Psalm 10:1

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

Psalm 13:1-2

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 85:5

Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Psalm 88:14

O Lord, why do You reject my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 90:13

Do return, O Lord; how long will it be?
And be sorry for Your servants.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,
O God of Israel, Savior!

Jeremiah 4:4

“Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says the Lord:
“Administer justice every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

Hosea 5:15

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.