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Psalms 85:1
1Lord, you have blessed your land. You have made Jacob's descendants strong again.
Psalms 85:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
- New International Version (NIV)You, Lord, showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Context of Psalms 85:1
Lord, you have blessed your land. You have made Jacob's descendants strong again. 2You forgave your people's sins. You took away their guilt. Selah 3You stopped being so angry with them. You did not punish them any more.
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רָצִ֣יתָ יְהוָ֣ה אַרְצֶ֑ךָ שַׁ֝֗בְתָּ שְׁבִ֣ית יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 85:1
- Psalms 42:1God, I need you so much! I look for you, as a thirsty deer looks for streams of water.
- Leviticus 26:42Then I will remember my covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will remember that I gave their land to them.
- Joel 2:18Then the Lord will be careful for his land. He will be kind to his people.
- Zechariah 1:16So this is what the Lord says: “I will return to Jerusalem to be kind to the people there. I will build my house again”, says the Lord Almighty, “and I will build the city again.” ’
- Psalms 77:7I ask myself, ‘Will the Lord always turn against me? Will he never be kind to me again?
- Psalms 14:7The Lord is the one who can save Israel's people. Please Lord, come now from your home in Zion! When the Lord makes his people strong again, Jacob's descendants will be happy! Yes, Israel's people will shout with joy!
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord turned us round, so that we enjoyed a good life in Zion again, we thought that we were dreaming!
- Ezra 1:11There were 5,400 things made from gold and silver. Sheshbazzar took them all with him when he left Babylon to return to Jerusalem with the other exiles.
- Ezra 2:1These are the people who returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had brought them as prisoners to Babylon. Each person returned to his own town.
- Jeremiah 30:18The Lord says, ‘I will bring back Jacob's descendants to their own land. Enemies have knocked down their houses, but I will repair the homes where they lived. I will be kind to them, so that each family can live safely. The city will stand again in its right place. The palace will also stand where it was before.
- Jeremiah 31:23The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: ‘I will bring my people back from the land where they have been prisoners. Then the people in the towns of Judah will again say, “We pray that the Lord will bless you, Jerusalem. You are the special place where he lives on his holy mountain!”
- Ezekiel 39:25So this is what the Lord God says. ‘Now I will bring back Jacob (Israel) from the countries where his people are prisoners. I will be kind to all Israel's people. And I will make them see that I am holy.
- Joel 3:1‘Judah and Jerusalem were once great. One day, at that time, I will make them great again.
Commentaries on Psalms 85:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Lord, thou hast been favorable - Literally, Thou hast been well pleased with thy land. Thou hast brought back the captivity - This seems to fix the time of the Psalm to be after the return of the Jews from Babylon.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land - Margin, “well pleased with.” The idea is that he had been kind or propitious to the nation; to wit, on some former occasion. So Luther, (vormals) “formerly.” The reference is to some previous period in their history, when he had exercised his power in their behalf. Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob - That is, at the time referred to. It is not necessary to suppose that the allusion is to the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Prayers for the continuance of former mercies. (1-7) Trust in God's goodness. (8-13) Verses 1-7 The sense of present afflictions should not do away the remembrance of former mercies. The favour of God is the fountain of happiness to nations, as well as to particular persons. When God forgives sin, he covers it; and when he covers the sin of his people, he covers it all. See what the pardon of sin is. In compassion to us, when Christ our Intercessor has…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1God brought Israel back from exile and restored its fortunes (see Psalm 14:7; 126:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. captivity--not necessarily the Babylonian, but any great evil (Psa 14:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 85
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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