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( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).
Surely his salvation - His help; his aid. The word here does not mean salvation in the restricted use of the term as applied to the future life,...
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...
glory may dwell: i.e. the glory of Jehovah's presence in the Shekinah, in the Tabernacle.
9 Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him. Here the Psalmist confirms the statement made in the preceding verse. He encourages bo...
DISCOURSE: 643 THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD RECONCILED IN CHRIST JESUS Psalms 85:9-10 . Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory ma...
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Surely his salvation is nigh - To him who fears God, and tremble...
That glory may dwell, &c.— That is, "We shall once again see glorious days in our land;" or perhaps, "the glory, the Shechinah, resident among...
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glor...
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...
That glory may dwell ] The reference is to the Shechinah, the symbol of God's presence. 10, 11. Mercy.. truth , etc.] These characteristics, which...
(9-11) The exquisite personification of these verses is, it has been truly remarked, exactly in Isaiah’s manner. (See Isaiah 32:16 seq., Isaiah...
Psalms 85:1-13 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restorati...
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...
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...
Here, if I mistake not, the principal beauty of the Psalm begins to open. I do not presume to say so much, but I would humbly ask, are not these the...
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ,.... That have a true sense of sin and folly, are humbled for it, hate it, and depart from it, and...
Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Ver. 9. Surely his salvation is nigh them, &c. ] Though t...
His salvation is nigh them that fear him Namely, that complete salvation and deliverance for which all the Israel of God do pray and wait; even the...
Divine Answer to Prayer; Blessings Given in Answer to Prayer. 8 I wil...
His salvation; that complete salvation and deliverance for which all the Israel of God do pray and wait, even the redemption of Israel by the Messi...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah . “See Introduction to P...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him. The nearness of salvation to piety The fear of God does not mean servile terror, but loving re...
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...
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...
Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him, the believers always having a feeling of reverence for the Lord of their salvation, that glory may...
Acts 10:2-4 ; Acts 11:13 ; Acts 11:14 ; Acts 13:16 ; Ezekiel 26:20 ; Haggai 2:7-9 ; Isaiah 4:5 ; Isaiah 46:13 ; John 1:14 ; John 7:17 ; Lu...
His salvation — That compleat salvation for which all the Israel of God wait; even the redemption by the Messiah; of which not only Christian, but...
9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.