Psalms 85:8 - Exposition

I will hear what God the Lord will speak; i.e. "I will wait now and hear the Divine answer to my prayers" (comp. Habakkuk 3:1 , "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me"). For he will speak peace unto his people. He will give them a gentle answer—one breathing peace and loving kindness. And to his saints. And especially he will so answer the elite of his people—the khasidim, "his saints," or "loving ones." But let them not turn again to folly (comp. Ezra 9:10-14 ). If, after the deliverance that they had experienced, they turned again to such "folly" as had brought on their misfortunes, it would make their end worse than their beginning.