King James Version

Psalms 85:3

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 85:4.

אָסַ֥פְתָּasaftadestroyאָסַףverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָevratekhaangerעֶבְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5678an outburst of passionanger, rage, wrath.הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָheshivotaagainשׁוּבverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…מֵחֲר֥וֹןmecharonfrom sore displeasureחָרוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from sore displeasure”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2740a burning of angersore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).אַפֶּֽךָapekhafaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(85-4) Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.

World English Bible

You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

Darby Translation

Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.

Douay-Rheims

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(85-4) Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast caused all thy wrath to cease: thou hast turned from thy fierce anger.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατέπαυσας πᾶσαν τὴν ὀργήν σου, ἀπέστρεψας ἀπὸ ὀργῆς θυμοῦ σου.