Psalm 85:2-3 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:3

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath . Forgiveness of sins implies the cessation of wrath, though it does not necessarily imply the cessation of punishment. Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. This expresses the meaning better than the marginal rendering. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:3-5

Incomplete redemptions. While thankfully acknowledging all that God has done for his people, the psalmist clearly sees that it was but the "fierceness" of God's wrath from which he had turned, and that some of his wrath remained, seeing that the work of national recovery was incomplete, and heavy burdens still pressed on the people. Perowne recalls the circumstances of the exiles as Nehemiah found them. They were "in great affliction and reproach." "It was only in the midst of perpetual... 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 The fact that the tokens of his anger bad passed away, and that his judgments were withdrawn, seemed to prove that their sins had been forgiven.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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:3

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath - That is, formerly; on the occasion referred to. Thou didst so deal with thy people as to make it evident that thou didst cherish no anger or displeasure against them.Thou hast turned thyself ... - Margin, “thine anger from waxing hot.” Literally, Thou didst turn from the heat of thine anger. His indignation was withdrawn, and he was again at peace with them. It is this fact, drawn from the former history of the people, which constitutes the basis of the... 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 85:2

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:2

2, 3. (Compare :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 85:3

3. To turn from the "fierceness," implies that He was reconcilable, though read more

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