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Psalms 85:1-10
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For the leader. A psalm of the sons of Korach: ADONAI, you have shown favor to your land; you have restored the fortunes of Ya'akov,
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taken away the guilt of your people, pardoned all their sin, (Selah)
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withdrawn all your wrath, turned from your fierce anger.
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Restore us, God of our salvation, renounce your displeasure with us.
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Are you to stay angry with us forever? Will your fury last through all generations?
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Won't you revive us again, so your people can rejoice in you?
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Show us your grace, ADONAI; grant us your salvation.
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I am listening. What will God, ADONAI, say? For he will speak peace to his people, to his holy ones -but only if they don't relapse into folly.
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His salvation is near for those who fear him, so that glory will be in our land.
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Grace and truth have met together; justice and peace have kissed each other.
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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
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.