Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 89:46

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 89:46 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 89:46. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Psalmist, this verse is asking God why He seems to be angry and hiding. It’s like when you can't find your mom when you are scared, and you wonder if she'll come back soon to help you.

Psalms 89:46: How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Contradiction with Psalms 103:17

While Psalms 89:46 questions the length of God’s wrath, Psalms 103:17 emphasizes the everlasting nature of God's mercy.

Psalms 103:17: But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:22-23

Psalms 89:46 speaks of enduring wrath, but these verses highlight God’s unending mercies and daily renewal.

Lamentations 3:22-23: [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:8

The verse in Psalms describes prolonged wrath, whereas Isaiah 54:8 speaks of brief anger followed by everlasting kindness.

Isaiah 54:8: In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:28

While Psalms 89:46 suggests God may forget or delay, Isaiah 40:28 assures that God does not faint or grow weary.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Contradiction with James 1:17

In contrast to perceived God’s change or forgetting in Psalms 89:46, James claims God is unchanging and always good.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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