Psalms 85:2
\85:1\Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
In Context
1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
3\85:2\The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.)
Cross References
Ezra 1:2These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Psalms 78:38But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.
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.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Colossians 2:13And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 85:2-8
Prayer in Time of Trouble. 1 Lord , thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that… Read the whole commentary →