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 glory may dwell in our land - the answer to the prayer in Psalms 85:7, "grant us thy salvation." The bringing near His salvation (Isaiah 46:13) issues in "glory" dwelling in the land of Israel. As the cloud of glory dwelt on tabernacle, so "I, saith the Lord, will be the glory in the midst of her" (Zechariah 2:5). As Messiah is the "Light to lighten the Gentiles," so He is "the glory of His people Israel" (Luke 2:32). "The word made flesh" once "dwelt among" the Jews, and those who believed "beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). But then His glory was veiled under His humiliation, and was only to be discerned by faith; but hereafter His glory fully revealed shall dwell in Israel (Ezekiel 43:7). In the words, "that glory may dwell in our land," there is allusion to the Shechinah, which comes from a Hebrew root х shaakan (H7931)] to dwell, (Habakkuk 2:14; Isa allusion to the Shechinah, which comes from a Hebrew root х shaakan (H7931)] to dwell, (Habakkuk 2:14; Isaiah 11:10, margin.)