Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 85:2
So as not to impute it to them, or to continue the punishment which thou didst inflict upon them for it.
So as not to impute it to them, or to continue the punishment which thou didst inflict upon them for it.
Verse Psalms 85:2. _THOU HAST FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY_] נשאת עון _nasatha avon,_ _Thou hast borne_, or _carried away, the iniquity_. An allusion to the ceremony of the _scapegoat_. _THOU HAST COVERED...
THOU HAST FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY OF THY PEOPLE - That is, These calamities came upon them in consequence of their sins, and thou hast dealt with them as if those sins were forgiven. The fact that the t...
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...
INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. COVERED. concealed. Hebrew. _kasah;_ not _kaphar,_ to atone. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'_. App-44. SELAH. Connecting forgiveness with (as being the basis o...
God has forgiven and restored His people....
The Heb. words describe sin (1) as depravity or moral distortion; (2) as a wandering from the way, or missing the mark; and forgiveness (1) as the removal of a burden, (2) as the covering of the offen...
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...
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...
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...
SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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
FORGIVEN. — Rather, _taken away._ (See Psalms 32:1.)...
_[Psalms 85:3]_ נָ֭שָׂאתָ עֲוֹ֣ן עַמֶּ֑ךָ כִּסִּ֖יתָ כָל...
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...
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast (b) covered all their sin. Selah. (b) You have buried them that they will not come into judgment....
_I am holy. I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service, (Challoner) as a Levite, (Calmet) or a member of the true Church. (Haydock) --- He may also speak in the person of Christ, who pr...
If we first advert to Israel's history as a history of the church, we may trace abundant proofs of God's favor, from the moment they were formed into a church, through all their eventful pilgrimage. T...
2_Thou hast taken away the iniquity of thy people. _It was very natural for the faithful to feel alarmed and perplexed on account of their sins, and therefore the prophet removes all ground for overwh...
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...
THOU HAST FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY OF THY PEOPLE,.... Took it from them, and laid it on Christ, who has bore it, and took it away, so as it shall never return more to their destruction; and by the applic...
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Ver. 2. _Thou hast forgiven the iniquity, &c._] This is worthily mentioned as a main mercy, as a chief fruit of...
_Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land_ That is, unto thy people, in removing the sad effects of thy displeasure. _Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob_ The captives, as that word is...
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...
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, the entire history of Israel recounting this fact, THOU HAST COVERED ALL THEIR SIN, this being the essence of the forgiveness of sins, not to ignore them...
1-7 The sense of present afflictions should not do away the remembrance of former mercies. The favour of God is the fountain of happiness to nations, as well as to particular persons. When God forgiv...
Psalms 85:2 forgiven H5375 (H8804) iniquity H5771 people H5971 covered H3680 (H8765) sin H2403 Selah H5542...
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...
_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...
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...
Acts 13:39; Colossians 2:13; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:18; Psalms 32:1;