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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 85:1

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This is another of the gospel Psalms, and truly precious it is, when opened to the believing soul by God the Holy Ghost. It appears, in its first view, as if it referred to some temporal deliverance of the church; but if the Reader look diligently into it, he will find some points which have a higher note, and sing of spiritual mercies by Jesus Christ.

To the chief musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

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See also Psalms 85:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM LXXXV _Thanksgiving to God for restoration to the Divine favour_, 1-3; _prayer for farther mercies_, 4-7; _the psalmist waits for a gracious answer in full confidence of_ _receiving it_, 8....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LORD, THOU HAST BEEN FAVORABLE UNTO THY LAND - Margin, “well pleased with.” The idea is that he had been kind or propitious to the nation; to wit, on some former occasion. So Luther, (vormals) “former...

  • 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

    TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew _mizmor._ App-65. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. The eighth of eleven so ascribed. See note on Psalms 42, Title, and App-4. LORD. Hebrew _Jehovah._ App-4. Thy land. Compare connection w...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thou hast been favourable_ Thou art propitiated: once more Thou graciously acceptest Thy people, and receivest them back into Thy favour. The ban of Jeremiah 14:10; Jeremiah 14:12 is removed. Cp. Psa...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    God has forgiven and restored His people....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _The Psalmist, from an experience of former mercies, prayeth for the continuance thereof: he promiseth to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness._ To the chief musician, A Psalm for the so...

  • 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

    LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Psalms 85:1.-Israel's deliverance from sin and punishment anticipated by faith in God's promises (Psalm...

  • 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

    THOU HAST BROUGHT BACK. — See Psalms 14:7; Psalms 68:18. The expression might only imply generally a return to a state of former prosperity, as in Job 42:10, but the context directs us to refer especi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֹֽור׃ ...

  • 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

    "To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." LORD, thou hast been (a) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. (a) They confess that God's free mercy was th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    David. He might compose this psalm under any affliction, though prayer is always necessary (Berthier) for any person. (Worthington) --- Others apply it to Ezechias, (Theodoret) the captives, or the Ch...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1_O Jehovah! thou hast been favorable to thy land. _Those who translate these words in the future tense, in my opinion, mar their meaning. This psalm, it is probable, was endited to be sung by the peo...

  • 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

    LORD, THOU HAST BEEN FAVOURABLE UNTO THY LAND,.... The land of Canaan, which the Lord chose for the people of Israel, and put them into the possession of it; and where he himself chose to dwell, and h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    __ Psalms 85:1 _« To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. » LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob._ Ver. 1. _Lord, thou hast been...

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

    _Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land_ That is, unto thy people, in removing the sad effects of thy displeasure. _Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob_ The captives, as that word is...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Lord, Thou hast been favorable unto Thy land, showing His merciful kindness to the land of Canaan, the inheritance of Israel; THOU HAST BROUGHT BACK THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB, the deliverance not only ou...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FAVORABLE: Or, well pleased...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 85 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is thought to have been made after the people's return from the Babylonish captivity, wherein he partly gives God thanks for that glorious deliverance, and partly impl...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 85:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 sons H1121 Korah H7141 LORD H3068 favorable H7521 (H8804) land...

  • 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

    _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 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

    Ezekiel 39:25; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:23;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Captivity — The captives....

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