Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:1
1. captivity—not necessarily the Babylonian, but any great evil ( :-). read more
시편 85:1-2 Krv
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 85:1-3
The writer began by thanking God for delivering His people. The reference to restoration from captivity (Psalms 85:1) suggests that this psalm may date to the return from Babylonian exile. However, the psalmist may have been referring to a more modest captivity, perhaps at the hand of a neighbor nation. In any case, he viewed Israel’s former enslavement to be the result of her sin and thanked God for pardoning that."In Psalms 85:3 a sin is conceived as a burden of the conscience; in Psalms 85:3... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 85:1-7
1. Thanksgiving and petition 85:1-7 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
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 85:1
(1) 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 especially to the return from exile. (See Introduction.) read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 85:2
(2) Forgiven.—Rather, taken away. (See Psalms 32:1.) read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 85:1-13
The Prayer of a Patriot Psalms 85:6 An old commentator has summed up the purport of this Psalm in the following words: 'The prayer of a patriot for his afflicted country, in which he pleads God's former mercies and by faith foresees better days'. Such a Psalm reminds us, first of all, that a good Christian must be a good patriot, ardently concerned for the truest welfare of his own people and his native land. Moreover, it suggests that we may appropriate to this England of ours in a modified... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 85:1
Psalms 85:0. 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 sons of Korah. Title. מזמור קרח לבני למנצח lamnaeach libnei korach mizmor.— This psalm is a thankful acknowledgment of God's mercy in turning their captivity, and an humble prayer for the confirming, continuing, and perfecting this mercy. It has some degree of application to David's return... read more