시편 85:1-2 KRV

Temporal mercies of little avail without such as are spiritual. There had been great outward mercies (see Psalms 85:1-3 ). Probably the wonderful deliverance of Judah, Jerusalem, and Hezekiah from the threatened might of Assyria was the occasion of this burst of thanksgiving. But the psalmist—it may have been Isaiah himself—whilst grateful, indeed, for God's deliverance, as he well might be, was nevertheless sore distressed at the spiritual condition of his countrymen (see Isaiah's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:2

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. God's remission of punishment, and restoration of his people to favour, was a full indication that he had "forgiven their iniquity" and "covered their sins." This was so vast a boon, that a pause for devout acknowledgment and silent adoration seemed fitting. Hence the "selah," which is at the end of the second verse, not of the first, as Hengstenberg states. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:1

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) “formerly.” The reference is to some previous period in their history, when he had exercised his power in their behalf.Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob - That is, at the time referred to. It is not necessary to suppose that the allusion is to the period immediately preceding the time when the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:2

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people - That is, These calamities came upon them in consequence of their sins, and thou hast dealt with them as if those sins were forgiven. The fact that the tokens of his anger bad passed away, and that his judgments were withdrawn, seemed to prove that their sins had been forgiven. The same form of expression used here - with the same words in Hebrew - occurs in Psalms 32:5. See the notes at that passage. The language suggests the idea of an atonement.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 85:1-3

Psalms 85:1-3. 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 used Psalms 14:7; Psalms 68:18, and elsewhere. Thou hast covered all their sin So as not to impute it to them, or to continue the punishment which thou didst inflict upon them for it. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath Those calamities which were the effects of thy just wrath... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13

Psalms 85-86 The steadfast love of GodIsrael had again suffered God’s punishment in being defeated by its enemies. The psalmist reminds God that when this happened in the past, God forgave his people and poured out his blessings on them afresh (85:1-3). Would he not, therefore, in the present crisis do the same once more (4-7)? The psalmist thinks longingly of the spiritual paradise that results when people are living in a right relation with their God. Steadfast love flows down from God and is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 85:1

Title. A Psalm. Hebrew mizmor. App-65 . for the sons of Korah. The eighth of eleven so ascribed. See note on Psalms 42:0 , Title, and App-4 . LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. App-4 . Thy land. Compare connection with "People" (Psalms 85:2 ), as in Deuteronomy 32:43 . Note "our" in Psalms 85:12 . brought back the captivity = restored the fortunes, as in Psalms 126:1 .Job 42:10 . No reference to the Babylonian captivity, but to the restoration of David's fortunes after Absalom's revolt. Jacob. Refers... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 85:2

iniquity = perverseness. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . covered = concealed. Hebrew. kasah; not kaphar, to atone. sin. Hebrew. chata' . App-44 . Selah. Connecting forgiveness with (as being the basis of) millennial blessing. See App-66 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 85:1

PSALM 85A CRY FOR SALVATIONThis psalm was evidently written shortly after the miraculous ending of the Babylonian captivity, as affirmed by a number of able scholars."It evidently belongs to the time soon after the return from the Babylonian exile - either the days of discouragement before the building of the second temple (Ezra 4:5-24; Haggai 1; Zechariah 1:12-21) or the period of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:3).[1] - The situation into which the psalm could fit with more than average propriety is the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13