Psalms 85:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
In Context
2\85:1\Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.
Cross References
Ezra 1:11There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 126:1A Song of the going up. When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
Jeremiah 31:23So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
Joel 2:18Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
Zechariah 1:16So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out 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 →