Psalms 85:4-13

4 God our Savior, bring us back again. Stop being angry with us.

5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you stay angry from now on?

6 Won't you give us life again? Your people would rejoice in you.

7 Lord, show us your love, and save us.

8 I will listen to God the Lord. He has ordered peace for those who worship him. Don't let them go back to foolishness.

9 God will soon save those who respect him, and his glory will be seen in our land.

10 Love and truth belong to God's people; goodness and peace will be theirs.

11 On earth people will be loyal to God, and God's goodness will shine down from heaven.

12 The Lord will give his goodness, and the land will give its crops.

13 Goodness will go before God and prepare the way for him. A prayer of David.

Psalms 85:4-13 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.