Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 85:7
Verse Psalms 85:7. Show us thy mercy] Blot out all our sins.
And grant us thy salvation.] Give us such a complete deliverance as is worthy of thy majesty and mercy to bestow!
Verse Psalms 85:7. Show us thy mercy] Blot out all our sins.
And grant us thy salvation.] Give us such a complete deliverance as is worthy of thy majesty and mercy to bestow!
SHEW US THY MERCY, O LORD - That is, Manifest thy mercy in returning to us; in forgiving our sins; in taking from us the tokens of thy displeasure. AND GRANT US THY SALVATION - Salvation or deliveran...
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...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....
_Shew us_&c. _Cause us to see thy lovingkindness_, upon which we have a claim as Thy beloved ones (Psalms 85:8)....
Yet in spite of forgiveness and restoration, much is still lacking. Oh that God would wholly withdraw His wrath, and gladden His people with a full salvation! Cp. the prayer of Psalms 126:4....
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...
_SHEW US THY MERCY, O LORD, AND GRANT US THY SALVATION._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE....
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 85:8]_ הַרְאֵ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝ יֶשְׁעֲךָ֗...
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...
Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy (e) salvation. (e) He confesses that our salvation comes only from God's mercy....
_Heard me. This gives me confidence that thou wilt do it again. (Haydock) --- Thou art not like senseless idols. (Calmet)_...
These are divine breathings, and they speak the language of a truly awakened, regenerated, pardoned sinner. These cries suit the church, and every member of the church. They comprise in three leading...
7._Show us thy mercy, O Jehovah! _In these words there is the same contrast as in the preceding sentence. In supplicating that mercy may be extended to them, and deliverance granted them, they confess...
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...
SHOW US THY MERCY, O LORD,.... Or, "thy grace" o and goodness, the riches of which are shown forth in Christ; the mercy promised to Abraham and others, long expected, wished, and prayed for; his pardo...
_Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation._ Ver. 7. _Show us thy mercy, O Lord_] Thy fatherly mercy, στοργην . _ And grant us thy salvation_] Thy Christ, and our Jesus, Luke 2:30 ....
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...
Show us Thy mercy, O Lord, letting them see and enjoy it, AND GRANT US THY SALVATION, the idea of merit being excluded altogether....
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...
SHOW US THY MERCY, i.e. grant it to us, as the next words explain it, and as showing signifies, PSALMS 4:6; so also PSALMS 60:3, PSALMS 71:20. Or, manifest thy secret purpose of mercy to us by thy pro...
Psalms 85:7 Show H7200 (H8685) mercy H2617 LORD H3068 grant H5414 (H8799) salvation H3468...
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...
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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 85:4 The next section appeals to the compassion God has claimed and shown, asking him to RESTORE US AGAIN, that is, PUT AWAY YOUR INDIGNATION TOWARD US. For God to be ang
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...
Jeremiah 42:12; Psalms 50:23; Psalms 91:16...