Psalms 85:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. ”

Psalms 85:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land - Margin, “well pleased with.” The idea is that he had been kind or propitious to the nation; to wit, on some former occasion. So Luther, (vormals) “f...
Psalms 85:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." LORD, thou hast been (a) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. (a) They confess that God's free mercy was t...
Psalms 85:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXV. Prayer for the Completion of Israel's Restoration. The Ps. falls clearly into two halves. Psalms 85:1-7 is a prayer to God. It begins ( Psalms 85:1-3 ) by commemorating God's mercy. He had...
Psalms 85:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Psalm. Hebrew mizmor. App-65. for the sons of Korah. The eighth of eleven so ascribed. See note on Psalms 42 , Title, and App-4. LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. App-4. Thy land. Compare co...
Psalms 85:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 O Jehovah! thou hast been favorable to thy land. Those who translate these words in the future tense, in my opinion, mar their meaning. This psalm, it is probable, was endited to be sung b...
Psalms 85:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Lord, thou hast been favorable - Literally, Thou ha...
Psalms 85:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 85:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Psalms 85:1-12 .-Israel's deliverance from sin and punishment anticipated by faith in God's promi...
Psalms 85:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 85:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ref...
Psalms 85:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 85:1-13 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restoration of the nation ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), it passes, wit...
Psalms 85:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer for the Nation Psalms 85:1-13 This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19 . There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted som...
Psalms 85:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm would seen to have been written in a day when some Divine deliverance had been wrought for the people of God. Yet the singer is conscious that in the heart of the people there remain dispo...
Psalms 85:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This is another of the gospel Psalms, and truly precious it is, when opened to the believing soul by God the Holy Ghost. It appears, in its first view, as if it referred to some temporal de...
Psalms 85:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land ,.... The land of Canaan, which the Lord chose for the people of Israel, and put them into the possession of it; and where he himself chose to dwell, an...
Psalms 85:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 85:1 « To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. » LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Ver. 1. Lord, thou hast...
Psalms 85:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 85:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer in Time of Trouble. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of Korah. 1 L ORD , thou hast been favourable...
Psalms 85:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 85 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is thought to have been made after the people's return from the Babylonish captivity, wherein he partly gives God thanks for that glorious deliverance, and partly i...
Psalms 85:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah . “See Introduction to Psalms 42 . “There seems,” says Perowne, “every re...
Psalms 85:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 85:1-2 . LORD, thou host been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah....
Psalms 85:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:1 . Brought back the captivity of Jacob. Part of this psalm at least appears to have been composed after the return from captivity, or it may have been adapted to that happy occasion, wh...
Psalms 85:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land. A psalm of deliverance; songs and sighs A part of the nation had returned, but to a ruined city, a fallen temple, and a mourning land, where they...
Psalms 85:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the condition of the people altogether satisfactory. It c...
Psalms 85:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lord, Thou hast been favorable unto Thy land, showing His merciful kindness to the land of Canaan, the inheritance of Israel; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob, the deliverance not only...
Psalms 85:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 39:25 ; Ezra 1:11 ; Ezra 2:1 ; Jeremiah 30:18 ; Jeremiah 31:23 ; Joel 2:18 ; Joel 3:1 ; Leviticus 26:42 ; Psalms 126:1 ; Psalms 126:2 ; Psalms 14:7 ; Psalms 42:1 ; Psalms 77:7 ;...
Psalms 85:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Captivity — The captives.

Psalms 85:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 85:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

Psalms 85:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 85:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 85:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 85:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 85:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 85:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 85:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 85:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes