Psalms 85:1-10

Psalm 85

For the music leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.

1 LORD, you've been kind to your land; you've changed Jacob's circumstances for the better.

2 You've forgiven your people's wrongdoing; you've covered all their sins. Selah

3 You've stopped being furious; you've turned away from your burning anger.

4 You, the God who can save us, restore us! Stop being angry with us!

5 Will you be mad at us forever? Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next?

6 Won't you bring us back to life again so that your people can rejoice in you?

7 Show us your faithful love, LORD! Give us your salvation!

8 Let me hear what the LORD God says, because he speaks peace to his people and to his faithful ones. Don't let them return to foolish ways.

9 God's salvation is very close to those who honor him so that his glory can live in our land.

10 Faithful love and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed.

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Psalms 85:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. This psalm is generally thought to have been composed after the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon; and yet when they were in some distress from their neighbours, either in the times of Ezra and Nehemiah, or in the times of Antiochus; but then this deliverance from captivity must be considered as typical of redemption by Christ; for as the title of the Syriac version is, "it is a prophecy concerning Christ;" it speaks of his dwelling in the land, of his salvation being near, and of the glory of the divine perfections as displayed in it; and perhaps some parts of it may respect the conversion of the Jews in the latter day; and Aben Ezra and Kimchi say, it is concerning the captivity of Babylon, yet also of their present captivity.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible