Psalm 85:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 85:9

Psalms 85:9. 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 only Christian but Jewish writers understand this passage, and to which the following verses do most properly and perfectly belong. And the psalmist might well say of this salvation, that it was nigh, because the seventy weeks of years, the four hundred and ninety years, determined... 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 85:9

glory may dwell: i.e. the glory of Jehovah's presence in the Shekinah, in the Tabernacle. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 85:9

Psalms 85:9. 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." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:9

9. They are here termed "them that fear him"; and grace produces glory ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 85:1-13

Psalms 85An anonymous psalmist thanked God for forgiving and restoring His sinning people. He prayed that God would remove His wrath from them and expressed confidence in the nation’s future. Perhaps the genre is a national lament. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 85:8-9

As the psalmist waited for God to respond, he was confident the Lord would send peace (Heb. shalom, the fullness of divine blessing). It was important, however, that in the meantime His people not return to their former sins."It is good to hear the word of God, but His people must also govern their lives thereby." [Note: C. B. Moll, "The Psalms," p. 468, in vol. 5 of Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures.] The basis of his confidence was the Lord’s promised deliverance of those who fear... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 85:8-13

2. Trust and confidence 85:8-13 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 85:1-13

This Ps. looks back upon the mercy which God has shown to His people in bringing them back from captivity (Psalms 85:1-3), entreats Him to remove the displeasure that has again fallen on them, and to deliver them f6rom present troubles (Psalms 85:4-7), and ends with a hopeful picture of the blessings that will follow the answering of the prayer (Psalms 85:8-13). It evidently belongs to a time soon after the return from the Babylonian exile—either the days of discouragement before the building... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 85:9-11

(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 national happiness, which, though presented in language peculiar to Hebrew thought, is none the less universal in its application. Nor does it stop at material blessings, but lends itself to the expression of the highest truths. The poet sees once more the glory which had so long deserted the land come... read more

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