The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 85:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath. Forgiveness of sins implies the cessation of wrath, though it does not necessarily imply the cessation of punishment. Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

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