Psalms 85:1
A Prayer of David. 1 O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; 1 For I am poor and needy. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
In Context
2Preserve my soul, for I am holy; 1 Save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee. 1
Cross References
Ezra 1:11All the gold and silver vessels were five thousand four hundred, even all that went up with Sheshbazzar from the place of transportation, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: 1 Deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. 1
Psalms 126:1A Song of Degrees. 1 Except the Lord build the house, 1 They that build labor in vain: 1 Except the Lord keep the city, 1 The watchman watches in vain. 1
Jeremiah 31:23and upon Kiriathaim, and upon the house of Gamul, and upon the house of Meon,
Joel 2:18But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.
Zechariah 1:16Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, saith the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet 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 →