Psalms 85:5

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?.... God is angry with the wicked every day, their life being a continued series of sin, without repentance for it, or confession of it; and he will be so for ever,…

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? - Thine anger is so long continued that it seems as if it would never cease. Wilt thou draw out thine anger - Wilt thou protract or prolong it? The idea is that of…

The church, in affliction and distress, is here, by direction from God, making her application to God. So ready is God to hear and answer the prayers of his people that by his Spirit in the word, and…

For the pleading question cp. Psa 77:7 ff.

wilt thou draw out&c. I.e. protract, prolong, continue thine anger to one generation after another (Psa 77:8).