Speak peace... — This word “peace” comprehends all that the nation sighed for:
“Peace,
Dear nurse of arts, plenties, and joyful truth.”
To Christians the word has a higher meaning still, which directed the choice of this psalm for Christmas Day.
Folly. — See Psalms 14:1; Psalms 49:13. Here it most probably implies idolatry.
Verse Psalms 85:8. _I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK_] The psalmist goes as a prophet to consult the Lord; and, having made his request, waits an answer from the spirit of prophecy. He is sati...
I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK - I, the psalmist; I, representing the people as looking to God. The state of mind here is that of patient listening; of a willingness to hear God, whatever Go...
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. Hebrew El. App-4. PEACE. Referring to the war with Absalom. SAINTS. graced ones. NOT TURN AGAIN: i.e. rebel, as in Absalom's case....
_I will hear_ Or, _Let me hear_. Cp. Psalms 62:11; and the striking parallel in Habakkuk 2:1, which the LXX makes even closer by its reading, _what the Lord God will speak with me_(lit. _in me_), from...
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....
DISCOURSE: 642 ATTENTION TO GOD’S WORD ENCOURAGED Psalms 85:8. _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 fo...
I WILL HEAR, &C.— _I will hearken what the Lord God will pronounce. Yes, he pronounceth prosperity to his people, and to his favoured ones, provided they return no more to folly; i.e._ to their old id...
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...
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...
85:8 ones. (a-21) Or 'saints' ( _ chasid_ ). see Note c and 2 Chronicles 6:41 ,2 Chronicles 6:42 ....
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 85:9]_ אֶשְׁמְעָ֗ה מַה ־יְדַבֵּר֮ הָ אֵ֪ל...
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...
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak (f) peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. (f) He will send all prosperity to his Church, when he...
_Gods, which have been set up by men; or among angels, &c., (Calmet) capable of working miracles by an independent power. (Haydock)_...
Here, like another prophet, the man of God, having given in his petitions, now stands on his watch-tower, to hear the Lord's answer. Reader, so should you and I do, and not like the ostrich of the wil...
_LISTENING TO GOD_ ‘I will hear what God the Lord will speak.’ Psalms 85:8 It is not too much to say that whoever will resolve to listen as David listened will hear what David heard. Only determine...
8._I will hear what God Jehovah will speak. _The prophet, by his own example, here exhorts the whole body of the Church to quiet and calm endurance. As he had burst forth under the influence of strong...
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...
I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK,.... This the psalmist says in the name of the people of the Jews, whom he represents, in all the foregoing expostulations and petitions, refusing to be still...
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. Ver. 8. _I will hear what God the Lord will speak_] I will...
_I will hear_ Diligently observe; _what God the Lord will speak_ Either by his prophets and other messengers, or by his providence, for that also hath a voice: I will hear what answer God will give to...
I will hear what God the Lord will speak; for He will speak peace unto His people, the obstruction of their sins being removed, a cessation of enmity was made possible, AND TO HIS SAINTS, that is, the...
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...
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...
I WILL HEAR, i.e. diligently observe. And the psalmist, by declaring what he would do, teacheth all the Israelites what they ought to do. Or he speaks in the name of all the people of God. WHAT GOD TH...
Psalms 85:8 hear H8085 (H8799) God H410 LORD H3068 speak H1696 (H8762) speak H1696 (H8762) peace...
Psalms 85:8 I. The death of sin is mostly a gradual process, a thing going on for a long time, and not beginning or ending in one sharp, single struggle. Yet neither is it true that it goes on quite e...
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...
_I will hear what God the Lord will speak._ THE RETURN OF PRAYERS I. When a man hath put up prayers to God, he is to rest assured that God will in mercy answer his prayers; and to listen diligently,...
_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 85:8 Now the members of the congregation declare their patience in watching for God to act on their prayer. The song has shifted from the plural “we” to the singular “I”: LET ME H...
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 Samuel 25:25; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:16;...
Will hear — Diligently observe. Will speak — What answer God will give to my prayers. Peace — He will give an answer of peace. Saints — Not to all that are called God's people, but only to those who a...