Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 85:12
That which is good, i.e. all that is good in itself and for us, all spiritual and temporal blessings.
That which is good, i.e. all that is good in itself and for us, all spiritual and temporal blessings.
Verse Psalms 85:12. _THE LORD SHALL GIVE - GOOD_] הטוב _hattob, THE GOOD_ _thing_-what is the supreme good, the _summum bonum_, for which man has searched in vain through all his generations. Those wh...
YEA, THE LORD SHALL GIVE THAT WHICH IS GOOD - All that is truly good: all needful temporal blessings; all blessings connected with salvation. AND OUR LAND SHALL YIELD HER INCREASE - There shall be fr...
Psalms 85 All Promised Blessings Realized _ 1. What grace has done (Psalms 85:1)_ 2. Prayer for the fulfilment (Psalms 85:4) 3. Righteousness and peace ...
LXXXV. PRAYER FOR THE COMPLETION OF ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. The Ps. falls clearly into two halves. Psalms 85:1 is a prayer to God. It begins (Psalms 85:1) by commemorating God's mercy. He had restored H...
OUR LAND, &C. Note "Thy land" in Psalms 85:1. Compare Psalms 67:6....
The Psalmist listens for Jehovah's answer to His people's prayer; and conveys to them the assurance that rich abundance of blessing is in store for those who fear Him....
Material prosperity will go hand in hand with moral progress. Earth responds to the divine blessing. Cp. Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 28:12; Psalms 67:6. The fruitfulness of the land is a constant feat...
PSALMS 85 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise, Prayer and Prophecy lead up to the Reconciliation of Earth and Heaven. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 85:1-3, Praise to Jehovah for what he has Already Done. Stanza...
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...
This Ps. looks back upon the mercy which God has shown to His people in bringing them back from captivity (Psalms 85:1), entreats Him to remove the displeasure that has again fallen on them, and to de...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ TURN AGAIN (OR THE KISS OF *PEACE) PSALMS 85 Jesus said, "My *peace I give to you". (John 14: 2
_[Psalms 85:13]_ גַּם ־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן הַ טֹּ֑וב...
Psalms 85:1 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restoration of the nation (Psalms 85:1), it passes, without interm...
A PRAYER FOR THE NATION Psalms 85:1 This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1. There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted some great nation...
This psalm would seen to have been written in a day when some Divine deliverance had been wrought for the people of God. Yet the singer is conscious that in the heart of the people there remain dispos...
All increase, all blessings, must now continue to flow in our Emmanuel's land, his church; and that church cannot cease from following her glorious Head, when He, now lifted up; hath undertaken and pr...
12._Likewise, Jehovah will grant prosperity. _Some take this verse allegorically, and interpret it of the increase of spiritual blessings; but this does not agree with the particle גם _, gam, _rendere...
I have long hesitated, in reading Psalms 85, whether the first part referred to external deliverance and the grace shown in it, and the following to the causing the people to enter into the enjoyment...
YEA, THE LORD SHALL GIVE THAT WHICH IS GOOD,.... Meaning not merely temporal good, as rain in particular, as some think, because of the following clause; but that which is spiritually good, his good S...
Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase. Ver. 12. _Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good_] Yea, best of all, viz. his Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13, with...
_The Lord shall give us that which is good_ That is, all that is good in itself, and good for us; all spiritual and temporal blessings. _And our land shall yield her increase_ The effects of the incar...
A PRAYER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE COUNTRY. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, an inspired singer of this family praying to God for renewed blessings an...
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good, which brings true happiness to the country; AND OUR LAND SHALL YIELD HER INCREASE, His blessings being apparent in both temporal and spiritual benefits....
8-13 Sooner or later, God will speak peace to his people. If he do not command outward peace, yet he will suggest inward peace; speaking to their hearts by his Spirit. Peace is spoken only to those w...
Psalms 85:12 LORD H3068 give H5414 (H8799) good H2896 land H776 yield H5414 (H8799) increase H2981 t
Psalms 85:10 These four verses are a fourfold picture of how heaven and earth ought to blend and harmonise. I. Take the first verse: "Mercy and truth are met together," etc. We have here the heavenly...
In my brief comments upon this Psalm, I shall not feel bound to keep to the immediate occasion for which it was written, but shall seek to find a use for it in the present circumstances of God's saint...
Psalms 85:1. _LORD, thou host been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah._ Let...
CONTENTS: Prayer for an afflicted people. Remembrance of former mercies and faith for future good. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The sense of present affliction should not be allowed to dro...
Psalms 85:1. _Brought back the captivity of Jacob._ Part of this psalm at least appears to have been composed after the return from captivity, or it may have been adapted to that happy occasion, when...
_Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other._ THE BRIDAL OF THE EARTH AND SKY This is a lovely and highly imaginative picture of the reconciliation and reunion o...
_Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land._ A PSALM OF DELIVERANCE; SONGS AND SIGHS A part of the nation had returned, but to a ruined city, a fallen temple, and a mourning land, where they were...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 85:1. This is a community lament. It occurs at a time when God has shown his displeasure over his people’s unfaithfulness, perhaps by withholding fruitfulness from the land...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 85:10 The psalm closes with confidence that God will hear their prayer and give them what they ask. STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS MEET, that is, in God they are in harmony. God’...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm for the sons of Korah_. “See Introduction to Psalms 42. “There seems,” says Perowne, “every reason t...
EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the condition of the people altogether satisfactory. It consists...
LORD, you have been favourable unto the land: you have brought back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of your people; you have covered all of their sins (Psalms 85:1-2). So the d...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 3:6; Acts 2:41; Acts 21:20;...