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PSALM LXXXV
_Thanksgiving to God for restoration to the Divine favour_, 1-3;
_prayer for farther mercies_, 4-7;
_the psalmist waits for a gracious answer in full confidence of_
_receiving it_, 8....
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LORD, THOU HAST BEEN FAVORABLE UNTO THY LAND - Margin, “well pleased
with.” The idea is that he had been kind or propitious to the
nation; to wit, on some former occasion. So Luther, (vormals)
“former...
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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 ...
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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...
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TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew _mizmor._ App-65.
FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. The eighth of eleven so ascribed. See note on
Psalms 42, Title, and App-4.
LORD. Hebrew _Jehovah._ App-4. Thy land. Compare connection w...
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_thou hast been favourable_ Thou art propitiated: once more Thou
graciously acceptest Thy people, and receivest them back into Thy
favour. The ban of Jeremiah 14:10; Jeremiah 14:12 is removed. Cp.
Psa...
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God has forgiven and restored His people....
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_The Psalmist, from an experience of former mercies, prayeth for the
continuance thereof: he promiseth to wait thereon, out of confidence
of God's goodness._
To the chief musician, A Psalm for the so...
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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...
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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 (Psalm...
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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...
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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
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THOU HAST BROUGHT BACK. — See Psalms 14:7; Psalms 68:18. The
expression might only imply generally a return to a state of former
prosperity, as in Job 42:10, but the context directs us to refer
especi...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֬רַח
מִזְמֹֽור׃ ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." LORD, thou
hast been (a) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the
captivity of Jacob.
(a) They confess that God's free mercy was th...
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David. He might compose this psalm under any affliction, though prayer
is always necessary (Berthier) for any person. (Worthington) ---
Others apply it to Ezechias, (Theodoret) the captives, or the Ch...
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CONTENTS
This is another of the gospel Psalms, and truly precious it is, when
opened to the believing soul by God the Holy Ghost. It appears, in its
first view, as if it referred to some temporal del...
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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...
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1_O Jehovah! thou hast been favorable to thy land. _Those who
translate these words in the future tense, in my opinion, mar their
meaning. This psalm, it is probable, was endited to be sung by the
peo...
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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...
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LORD, THOU HAST BEEN FAVOURABLE UNTO THY LAND,.... The land of Canaan,
which the Lord chose for the people of Israel, and put them into the
possession of it; and where he himself chose to dwell, and h...
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Psalms 85:1 _« To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
» LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought
back the captivity of Jacob._
Ver. 1. _Lord, thou hast been...
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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...
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Lord, Thou hast been favorable unto Thy land, showing His merciful
kindness to the land of Canaan, the inheritance of Israel; THOU HAST
BROUGHT BACK THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB, the deliverance not only ou...
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FAVORABLE:
Or, well pleased...
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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...
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PSALM 85 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is thought to have been made after
the people's return from the Babylonish captivity, wherein he partly
gives God thanks for that glorious deliverance, and partly impl...
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Psalms 85:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 sons H1121 Korah H7141
LORD H3068 favorable H7521 (H8804) land...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 39:25; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:23;...
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Captivity — The captives....