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Psalm 85:2–3

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85:2You pardoned2 the wrongdoing of your people;

you forgave3 all their sin.

(Selah)

85:3You withdrew all your fury;

you turned back from your raging anger.4

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Heb “lifted up.”
  2. 3 Heb “covered over.”
  3. 4 Heb “the rage of your anger.” The phrase “rage of your anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17–81. See Pss 69:24; 78:49.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You forgave the iniquity of your people;

you covered all their sin. Selah

You withdrew all your wrath;

you turned from your hot anger.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You forgave the iniquity of your people

and covered all their sins.

You set aside all your wrath

and turned from your fierce anger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You forgave your people’s guilt;

you covered all their sin.

Selah

You withdrew all your fury;

you turned from your burning anger.

NLTNew Living Translation

You forgave the guilt of your people—

yes, you covered all their sins.

Interlude

You held back your fury.

You kept back your blazing anger.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You took away the guilt of your people;

you covered all their sin. Selah

You withdrew all your wrath;

you turned from your burning anger.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people,

Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:

Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.