Psalms 85:7

Shew us thy mercy, O Lord - That is, Manifest thy mercy in returning to us; in forgiving our sins; in taking from us the tokens of thy displeasure.

And grant us thy salvation - Salvation or deliverance from our present trouble and calamities.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 85:7

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy (e) salvation. (e) He confesses that our salvation comes only from God's mercy.
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 ( Ps...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mercy . lovingkindness, or grace.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Show us thy mercy, O Jehovah! In these words there is the same contrast as in the preceding sentence. In supplicating that mercy may be e...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. Show us thy mercy - Blot out all our sins. And grant us thy salvation - Give us such a comple...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 t...
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 restorati...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are divine breathings, and they speak the language of a truly awakened, regenerated, pardoned sinner. These cries suit the church, and every me...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Show us thy mercy, O Lord ,.... Or, "thy grace" o and goodness, the riches of which are shown forth in Christ; the mercy promised to Abraham and oth...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. Ver. 7. Show us thy mercy, O Lord ] Thy fatherly mercy, στοργην . And grant us thy sal...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer in Time of Trouble. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of K...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Show us thy mercy, i.e. grant it to us, as the next words explain it, and as showing signifies, Psalms 4:6 ; so also Psalms 60:3 , Psalms 71:...
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 P...
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 th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In my brief comments upon this Psalm, I shall not feel bound to keep to the immediate occasion for which it was written, but shall seek to find a use...
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 i...
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,...
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 con...
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 o...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Show us Thy mercy, O Lord, letting them see and enjoy it, and grant us Thy salvation, the idea of merit being excluded altogether.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 42:12 ; Psalms 50:23 ; Psalms 91:16

⁷ Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 85:7

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 85:7