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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 85:9

Name. This was partly verified after the captivity, and fully when the gospel was preached. (Calmet) --- The Gentiles came by faith, and glorified God by good works, Matthew v. 17. (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 85:9. _SURELY HIS SALVATION_ IS _NIGH_] To him who _fears_ God, and trembles at his word, his salvation is nigh at hand. _THAT GLORY MAY DWELL IN OUR LAND._] That thy worship may be res...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SURELY HIS SALVATION - His help; his aid. The word here does not mean salvation in the restricted use of the term as applied to the future life, but it means deliverance of all kinds - rescue from tro...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GLORY MAY DWELL: i.e. the glory of Jehovah's presence in the Shekinah, in the Tabernacle....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist expands the results of that word of peace. _them that fear him_ Those who answer to their calling as -saints." Cp. Psalms 103:11; Psalms 103:13; Psalms 103:17. that glory may dwell in o...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 643 THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD RECONCILED IN CHRIST JESUS Psalms 85:9. _Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together; rig...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THAT GLORY MAY DWELL, &C.— That is, "We shall once again see glorious days in our land;" or perhaps, "the glory, the Shechinah, resident among us....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. SURELY HIS SALVATION IS NIGH THEM THAT FEAR HIM; THAT GLORY MAY DWELL IN OUR LAND - the answer to the prayer in Ps...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THAT GLORY MAY DWELL] The reference is to the Shechinah, the symbol of God's presence. 10, 11. MERCY.. TRUTH, etc.] These characteristics, which are thus personified, are, first of all, attributes of...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (9-11) The exquisite personification of these verses is, it has been truly remarked, exactly in Isaiah’s manner. (See Isaiah 32:16 _seq.,_ Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 59:14.) It is an allegory of completed na...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 85:10]_ אַ֤ךְ ׀ קָרֹ֣וב לִ ירֵאָ֣יו יִשְׁעֹ֑ו...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here, if I mistake not, the principal beauty of the Psalm begins to open. I do not presume to say so much, but I would humbly ask, are not these the words of God, in answer to the foregoing petitions?...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9_Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him. _Here the Psalmist confirms the statement made in the preceding verse. He encourages both himself and other servants of God in the hope, that alth...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SURELY HIS SALVATION IS NIGH THEM THAT FEAR HIM,.... That have a true sense of sin and folly, are humbled for it, hate it, and depart from it, and do not return unto it; have a reverential affection f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Ver. 9. _Surely his salvation is nigh them, &c._] Though they be so bleared oft with tears that they cannot see it...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _His salvation is nigh them that fear him_ Namely, that complete salvation and deliverance for which all the Israel of God do pray and wait; even the redemption of Israel by the Messiah; of which not...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him, the believers always having a feeling of reverence for the Lord of their salvation, THAT GLORY MAY DWELL IN OUR LAND, being at home once more, where it...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIS SALVATION; that complete salvation and deliverance for which all the Israel of God do pray and wait, even the redemption of Israel by the Messiah; of which not only Christian, but even Jewish, wri...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 85:9 salvation H3468 near H7138 fear H3373 glory H3519 dwell H7931 (H8800) land H776 Surely -...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him._ THE NEARNESS OF SALVATION TO PIETY The fear of God does not mean servile terror, but loving reverence; it means piety. The subject of these words is...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 85:9 GLORY MAY DWELL IN OUR LAND. The “glory” is God’s special presence with his people (see note on 63:1–2); see Exodu

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 10:2; Acts 11:13; Acts 11:14; Acts 13:16; Ezekiel 26:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    His salvation — That compleat salvation for which all the Israel of God wait; even the redemption by the Messiah; of which not only Christian, but even Jewish writers understand this place; and to whi...

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