Psalms 85:1
To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned [to] the captivity of Jacob.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
In Context
2Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Cross References
Ezra 1:11All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Psalms 42:1To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Psalms 126:1A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back [to] their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.
Joel 2:18And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.
Zechariah 1:16Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched 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 →