Psalm 85:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 85:1-7

The church, in affliction and distress, is here, by direction from God, making her application to God. So ready is God to hear and answer the prayers of his people that by his Spirit in the word, and in the heart, he indites their petitions and puts words into their mouths. The people of God, in a very low and weak condition, are here taught how to address themselves to God. I. They are to acknowledge with thankfulness the great things God had done for them (Ps. 85:1-3): ?Thou has done so and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 85:3

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath ,.... Or "gathered" F14 אספת "collegisti", Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis. it; sin occasions wrath, and the people of God are as deserving of it as others; but the Lord has gathered it up, and poured it forth upon his Son, and their surety; hence nothing of this kind shall ever fall upon them, either here or hereafter; and it is taken away from them, so as to have no sense, apprehension, or conscience of it, which before the law had wrought in them,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 85:3

Thou hast taken away - אספת asaphta , "Thou hast gathered up all thy wrath." This carries on the metaphor in the second verse: "Thou hast collected all thy wrath, and carried it away with all our iniquities." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-3

The thanksgiving. God is thanked for two things especially: (1) for having granted his people forgiveness of their sins ( Psalms 85:2 , Psalms 85:3 ); and read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13

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 85:3

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 85:3

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 85:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 85:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 85:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:3-5

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

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

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