God’s Word Translation
Psalms 85:12
12The Lord will certainly give us what is good, and our land will produce crops.
Psalms 85:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, the Lord will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.
Context of Psalms 85:12
10Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed. 11Truth sprouts from the ground, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord will certainly give us what is good, and our land will produce crops. 13Righteousness will go ahead of him and make a path for his steps.
Read all of Psalms 85Psalms 85:12 word by word
גַּם־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן הַטּ֑וֹב וְ֝אַרְצֵ֗נוּ תִּתֵּ֥ן יְבוּלָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 85:12
- Psalms 84:11The Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord grants favor and honor. He does not hold back any blessing from those who live innocently.
- Micah 6:8You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin.
- Ephesians 1:3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through Christ, God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing that heaven has to offer.
- James 1:17Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.
- Psalms 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest. May God, our God, bless us.
- Psalms 72:16May there be plenty of grain in the land. May it wave ⌞in the breeze⌟ on the mountaintops, its fruit like ⌞the treetops of⌟ Lebanon. May those from the city flourish like the grass on the ground.
- Isaiah 30:23The Lord will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.
- Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high. Then the wilderness will be turned into a fertile field, and the fertile field will be considered a forest.
- Matthew 13:8But other seeds were planted on good ground and produced grain. They produced one hundred, sixty, or thirty times as much as was planted.
- Acts 2:41Those who accepted what Peter said were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added ⌞to the group⌟.
- Acts 21:20When the spiritual leaders heard about everything, they praised God. They said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews are now believers, and all of them are deeply committed to Moses’ Teachings.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, and Apollos watered, but God made it grow.
Commentaries on Psalms 85:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The Lord shall give - good - הטוב hattob, The Good thing - what is the supreme good, the summum bonum, for which man has searched in vain through all his generations. Those who are reconciled to him through the Son of his love shall enjoy the favor of their God; to have which is the supreme happiness of man. Our land shall yield her increase - There shall be neither dearth nor barrenness; for truth, that springs out of the earth, shall yield an abundant…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good - All that is truly good: all needful temporal blessings; all blessings connected with salvation. And our land shall yield her increase - There shall be fruitful seasons, and the earth shall produce abundance. Compare the notes at Psalm 67:6.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Sooner or later, God will speak peace to his people. If he do not command outward peace, yet he will suggest inward peace; speaking to their hearts by his Spirit. Peace is spoken only to those who turn from sin. All sin is folly, especially backsliding; it is the greatest folly to return to sin. Surely God's salvation is nigh, whatever our difficulties and distresses are. Also, his honour is secured, that glory may dwell in our land. And the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13In the renewed world of salvation, all the qualities of God’s care (love, truth, righteousness, and peace) come together. They transform creation and make it new (see Isaiah 32:15–20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. and, under this, the deserted land shall be productive, and men be "set," or guided in God's holy ways. Doubtless, in this description of God's returning favor, the writer had in view that more glorious period, when Christ shall establish His government on God's reconciled justice and abounding mercy.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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