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For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

…as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

…and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

…and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

…at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.

In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,

God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.