Psalms 85:1

Captivity — The captives.

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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...
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 Ja...
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

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. LO...
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. Th...
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. L...
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 go...
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...
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...
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...
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

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...
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...
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 possess...
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 th...
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...
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

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...
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

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 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...
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...

¹ LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 85:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 85:1