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Verse Psalms 85:4. _TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION_] Thou hast
turned our captivity; now convert our souls. And they find a _reason_
for their prayer in an attribute of their God; _the God of their...
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TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION - The God from whom salvation must
come, and on whom we are dependent for it. The prayer here is, “turn
us;” turn us from our sins; bring us to repentance; make us will...
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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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TURN US. Compare "Thou hast turned" (verses: Psalms 85:2; Psalms
85:3).
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
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_Turn us_ I.e. Restore us. Cp. Psalms 80:3. For R.V. marg. _Turn to
us_, cp. Isaiah 63:17; but the rendering of the text is preferable.
_cause thine anger_&c. Lit. _break off thine indignation with us...
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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....
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TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION— The meaning is, "Restore us
entirely to our former happy state, by completing the deliverance
which thou hast begun; and by averting these new troubles which have
befa...
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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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Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to
cease.
TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION, AND CAUSE THINE ANGER TOWARD US TO
CEASE. This prayer, "Turn us ... cause thine anger ......
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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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TURN US. — Here equivalent to _restore us once more._ If, the poet
felt, the captivity had taught its lesson, why, on the restoration,
did not complete freedom from misfortune ensue? It is this which...
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_[Psalms 85:5]_ שׁ֭וּבֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ וְ הָפֵ֖ר...
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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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How sweet and suitable is this prayer for converting grace, after
experiencing pardoning mercy! When Jesus hath purchased our pardon,
his next gracious act is to renew our hearts to a proper enjoyment...
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4_Turn us, O God of our salvation! _The faithful now make a practical
application to themselves, in their present circumstances, of what
they had rehearsed before concerning God’s paternal tenderness...
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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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TURN US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION,.... Who appointed it in his purposes,
contrived it in council, secured it in covenant, and sent his Son to
effect it; the prayer to him is for converting grace, either...
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Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to
cease.
Ver. 4. _Turn us, O God of our salvation_] Turn us, and we shall be
turned; do as thou ever hast done, for thou art Jehovah,...
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_Turn us, O God of our salvation_ That is, either, 1st, Convert us. As
thou hast brought back our bodies to thy land, so bring back our
hearts to thyself, from whom many of them are to this day aliena...
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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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Turn us, out of the captivity of sin and misery with which Israel was
surrounded, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION, who alone can give full
deliverance from all bodily and spiritual tribulation, AND CAUSE THINE...
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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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TURN US; either,
1. Convert us. As thou hast brought back our bodies to thy land, so
bring back our hearts to thyself, from whom many of them to this day
are alienated. Or rather,
2. Restore us to ou...
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Psalms 85:4 Restore H7725 (H8798) God H430 salvation H3468 anger H3708
cease H6565 (H8685)
turn us -...
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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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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
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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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Daniel 9:16; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 31:18; John 4:22; Lamentations 5
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Turn us — Restore us to our former tranquillity, and free us from
the troubles which we yet groan under....