constrains him to answer with ‘No!’ ” (1989, 82). The same is clearly true of the statement format, as the case in Psalm 60:1 shows. In line with this expectation of a divine turnabout, Psalm 85 follows up the question “Will you be angry with us forever?” (v. 5) with a more reasonable proposal, “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” (v. 6). Then an oracular promise is given that denies the people’s foreboding by affirming their desire (vv. 8–13). Far from being angry