Psalms 85:6
Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
In Context
5For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.
7In the day of my tribulation, I cried out to you, because you heeded me.
Cross References
Ezra 9:8And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude.
Psalms 71:20The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.
Psalms 77:8May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God.
Psalms 90:14Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name.
Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.
Jeremiah 3:5Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”
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 →