“Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.”
The withdrawal of anger is affirmed: "You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger." The temporal nature of God's anger is emphasized: what had been kindled is now extinguished. The turning away from hot anger suggests that the period of divine punishment has concluded.
Church Fathers on Psalms 85:3
1. ...Its title is, “A Psalm for the end, to the sons of Core.” Let us understand no other end than that of which the Apostle speaks: for, “Christ is the end of the law.” Romans 10:4 Therefore when at the head of the title of the Psalm he placed the words, “for the end,” he directed our heart to Christ. If we fix our gaze on Him, we shall not stray: for He is Himself the Truth unto which we are eager to arrive, and He Himself the Way John 14:6 by which we run.... 2. The…
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