Psalms 103:9
7 He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- KJV
- He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
- WEB
- He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
- ASV
- He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
- DARBY
- He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
- BLB
- He will not contend forever, and He will not keep [it] forever.
- ÅB
- Han går ikke alltid i rette og gjemmer ikke på vrede evindelig.
- OTB
- Han vil ikke alltid anklage oss,
Heller ikke vil Han bevare sin vrede for alltid. - B1930
- Han går ikke alltid i rette og gjemmer ikke på vrede evindelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
Read in contextPsalms 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Read in contextMicah 7:18–19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Read in contextJeremiah 3:5
Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
Read in contextJeremiah 3:12
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
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