Psalms 85:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. ”

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

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 again...
Psalms 85:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the (c) fierceness of thine anger. (c) Not only in withdrawing your rod, but in forgiving sins, and in touching our hearts to conf...
Psalms 85:3 - 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 85:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. Thou hast taken away - אספת asaphta, "Thou hast gathered up all thy wrath." This carries on the meta...
Psalms 85:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. The original passage on which thi...
Psalms 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we first advert to Israel's history as a history of the church, we may trace abundant proofs of God's favor, from the moment they were formed into a church, through all their eventful pilgrimage....
Psalms 85:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath ,.... Or "gathered" n 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 hi...
Psalms 85:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger. Ver. 3. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath ] Heb. thou hast gathered it, thou hast recollected it...
Psalms 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All thy wrath; those calamities which were the effects of thy just wrath conceived against us.
Psalms 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - 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 85:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer for the Welfare of the Country. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, an inspired singer of this family praying to God for renewed blessings...
Psalms 85:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 13:17 ; Exodus 32:11 ; Exodus 32:22 ; Isaiah 12:1 ; Isaiah 54:7-10 ; Isaiah 6:7 ; John 1:29

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

Psalms 85:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

Psalms 85:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 85:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 85:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 85:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 85:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 85:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 85:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge