Psalm 103:9 “He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.”

Psalm 103:9

He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

World English Bible

He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

American Standard Version

He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

He will not alway chide, neither keepe his anger for euer.

Darby Translation

He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

Bible in Basic English

His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

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Cross references

“neither”

Isaiah 57:16 Psalm 30:5 Jeremiah 3:5 Micah 7:18 Micah 7:19

Isaiah 57:16 · BSB

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made.

Psalm 30:5 · BSB

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Jeremiah 3:5 · BSB

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.”

Micah 7:18 · BSB

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?

Micah 7:19 · BSB

He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Also

Jeremiah 3:12

Jeremiah 3:12 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.

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