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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 85:8

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 satisfied that the answer will be gracious; and having received it he relates it to the people.

He will speak peace] He will give prosperity to the people in general; and to his saints - his followers, in particular.

But let them not turn again to folly.] Let them not abuse the mercy of their God, by sinning any more against him.

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See also Psalms 85:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • 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....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    85:8 ones. (a-21) Or 'saints' ( _ chasid_ ). see Note c and 2 Chronicles 6:41 ,2 Chronicles 6:42 ....

  • 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

    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 direc...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 85:9]_ אֶשְׁמְעָ֗ה מַה ־יְדַבֵּר֮ הָ אֵ֪ל...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Gods, which have been set up by men; or among angels, &c., (Calmet) capable of working miracles by an independent power. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 85:8 hear H8085 (H8799) God H410 LORD H3068 speak H1696 (H8762) speak H1696 (H8762) peace...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _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,...

  • 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 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

    1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:16;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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