Psalms 85:8
I will hearken what the Lord God will say: for he will speake peace vnto his people, and to his Saintes, that they turne not againe to follie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Shew vs thy mercie, O Lord, and graunt vs thy saluation.
9Surely his saluation is neere to them that feare him, that glory may dwell in our land.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and follie is with him: but I thine handmayde sawe not the yong men of my lord whom thou sentest.
Psalms 50:5Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.
Proverbs 25:11A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.
Isaiah 57:19I create the fruite of the lips, to be peace: peace vnto them that are farre off, and to them that are neere, sayth the Lord: for I will heale him.
Haggai 2:9The siluer is mine, and the golde is mine, sayth the Lord of hostes.
John 5:14And after that, Iesus founde him in the Temple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.
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 →