Psalmen 85:1-8

1 Een psalm, voor den opperzangmeester, onder de kinderen van Korach.

2 Gij zijt Uw lande gunstig geweest, HEERE! de gevangenis van Jakob hebt Gij gewend.

3 De misdaad Uws volks hebt Gij weggenomen; Gij hebt al hun zonden bedekt. Sela.

4 Gij hebt weggenomen al Uw verbolgenheid; Gij hebt U gewend van de hittigheid Uws toorns.

5 Breng ons weder, o God onzes heils! en doe te niet Uw toornigheid over ons.

6 Zult Gij eeuwiglijk tegen ons toornen? Zult Gij Uw toorn uitstrekken van geslacht tot geslacht?

7 Zult Gij ons niet weder levend maken, opdat Uw volk zich in U verblijde?

8 Toon ons Uw goedertierenheid, o HEERE, en geef ons Uw heil.

Psalmen 85:1-8 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.