LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Psalms 85:1.-Israel's deliverance from sin and punishment anticipated by faith in God's promises (Psalms 85:1); prayer based upon this (Psalms 85:4); God's answer of peace to His people's prayer of faith... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. THOU HAST FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY OF THY PEOPLE, THOU HAST COVERED ALL THEIR SIN. "Cover" [ kaacaah (H3680)] is the expression for "atone" - i:e., to hide out of God's view our sin by the reconciliation effected... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. THOU HAST TURNED THYSELF FROM THE FIERCENESS OF THINE ANGER. The original passage on which this verse rests is .... [ Continue Reading ]
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION, AND CAUSE THINE ANGER TOWARD US TO CEASE. This prayer, "Turn us ... cause thine anger ... to cease," after the suppliants have just said, "Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast tur... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? WILT THOU DRAW OUT THINE ANGER TO ALL GENERATIONS? - whereas ordinarily "thine anger endureth but a moment" (; cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? WILT THOU NOT REVIVE US AGAIN? - Hebrew (the same verb as in . "turn us"), 'Wilt thou not turn (and) revive us?' (; ; ; ). The "THOU" is emphatic, in the Hebrew "turn" is intransitive, 'return.' THOU must return if we are to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHEW US THY MERCY, O LORD, AND GRANT US THY SALVATION._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK. The Church here declares the joy with which she prepares to hear the answer to her prayer in . "God the Lord" - li... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. SURELY HIS SALVATION IS NIGH THEM THAT FEAR HIM; THAT GLORY MAY DWELL IN OUR LAND - the answer to the prayer in Psalms 85:7, "grant us thy salvation." The bringing near His salvation (Isaiah 46:13) issues in "glory... [ Continue Reading ]
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. MERCY AND TRUTH ARE MET TOGETHER. "Mercy" from God for the pardon of our sin is shown, in the redemption performed by Messiah for Israel literal and spiritual, to harmonize with the "truth" of God - i:e., with His... [ Continue Reading ]
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. TRUTH SHALL SPRING OUT OF THE EARTH; AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN. Truth shall then spring spontaneously out of the earth, where heretofore all had been untruth - i:e., unfaithfulness to God. Rig... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. YEA, THE LORD SHALL GIVE THAT WHICH IS GOOD, AND OUR LAND SHALL YIELD HER INCREASE. It is by the gift of the Lord's grace that the Holy Land, long desolate, shall once more "yield her increase" (.) "The earth" ge... [ Continue Reading ]
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL GO BEFORE HIM AND SHALL SET (US) IN THE WAY OF HIS STEPS - rather, 'and shall set in the (righteous) way His step' (Isaiah 11:3) etc.; or else, 'Righteousness shall go before Him, and set its steps i... [ Continue Reading ]