Psalms 85:1
LORD, thou have been favorable to thy land. Thou have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
In Context
2Thou have forgiven the iniquity of thy people. Thou have covered all their sin. Selah.
Cross References
Ezra 1:11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when those of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Psalms 42:1As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.
Psalms 126:1When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall bring again their captivity: LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of
Joel 2:18Then LORD was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
Zechariah 1:16Therefore thus says LORD: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 85:1
Interpreters are generally of the opinion that this psalm was penned after the return of the Jews out of their captivity in Babylon, when they still remained under some tokens of God's displeasure, which they here pray for the removal of. And nothing appears to the contrary, but that it might be penned then, as well as Ps. cxxxvii. They are the public interests that lie near the psalmist's heart here, and the psalm is penned for the great congregation. The church was here in a deluge; above were clouds, below were… Read the whole commentary →