Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 85:3
All thy wrath; those calamities which were the effects of thy just wrath conceived against us.
All thy wrath; those calamities which were the effects of thy just wrath conceived against us.
Verse Psalms 85:3. _THOU HAST TAKEN AWAY_] אספת _asaphta_, "Thou hast gathered up all thy wrath." This carries on the _metaphor_ in the _second_ verse: "Thou hast _collected_ all thy wrath, and _carri...
THOU HAST TAKEN AWAY ALL THY WRATH - That is, formerly; on the occasion referred to. Thou didst so deal with thy people as to make it evident that thou didst cherish no anger or displeasure against th...
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...
God has forgiven and restored His people....
_Thou hast taken away_ Lit. _withdrawn_, or _drawn in_, the wrath which was let loose against us. _from the fierceness of thine anger_ Poured out upon Israel for its sin. See Jeremiah 30:24; Lamentati...
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 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 ver...
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 85:4]_ אָסַ֥פְתָּ כָל ־עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֱ֝שִׁיבֹ֗ותָ מֵ...
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 taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the (c) fierceness of thine anger. (c) Not only in withdrawing your rod, but in forgiving sins, and in touching our hearts to confe...
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...
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 TAKEN AWAY ALL THY WRATH,.... Or "gathered" n it; sin occasions wrath, and the people of God are as deserving of it as others; but the Lord has gathered it up, and poured it forth upon his S...
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger. Ver. 3. _Thou hast taken away all thy wrath_] Heb. thou hast gathered it, thou hast recollected it,...
_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 taken away all Thy wrath, withdrawing it, strong as the provocation continued; THOU HAST TURNED THYSELF FROM THE FIERCENESS OF THINE ANGER, He still had occasion to let it burn against Israe...
THOU HAST TURNED THYSELF FROM THE FIERCENESS OF THINE ANGER: Or, thou hast turned thine anger from waxing hot...
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 85:3 away H622 (H8804) wrath H5678 turned H7725 (H8689) fierceness H2740 anger H639 taken -...
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...
Deuteronomy 13:17; Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:22; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah