Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
Psalm 85 belongs to the group running from Psalm 74 to Psalm 90, mostly written during or after Israel's captivity. It is associated with the Jews returning after the Babylonian captivity, whose feelings included joy, sorrow, and anxiety. It concerns deliverance from captivity, or foretells that deliverance if written before the captivity.
The psalm is preeminently worthy of memorizing and is to be read together with Psalms 84 and 86. Within the psalm the verse follows remembrance of past favor in being favorable to the land, bringing back captivity, forgiving iniquity, covering sin, and turning from wrath. It joins the requests for God to turn his people back, cause indignation and anger to cease, and revive them again so they may rejoice in him.
The verse is a prayer asking God to show mercy, or loving-kindness, and grant salvation, as a plea for deliverance. It expresses the Christian heart's longing. The Lord is ready to speak peace to his children when they turn from sin and rebellion. The plea gives no one warrant to presume on his mercy.
It served as encouragement and grounds for faith amid the financial crisis in Scandinavia, as a promise of the Lord's deliverance for his cause.
Psalm 85 belongs to the group running from Psalm 74 to Psalm 90, mostly written during or after Israel's captivity. It is associated with the Jews returning after the Babylonian captivity, whose feelings included joy, sorrow, and anxiety. It concerns deliverance from captivity, or foretells that deliverance if written before the captivity.
The psalm is preeminently worthy of memorizing and is to be read together with Psalms 84 and 86. Within the psalm the verse follows remembrance of past favor in being favorable to the land, bringing back captivity, forgiving iniquity, covering sin, and turning from wrath. It joins the requests for God to turn his people back, cause indignation and anger to cease, and revive them again so they may rejoice in him.
The verse is a prayer asking God to show mercy, or loving-kindness, and grant salvation, as a plea for deliverance. It expresses the Christian heart's longing. The Lord is ready to speak peace to his children when they turn from sin and rebellion. The plea gives no one warrant to presume on his mercy.
It served as encouragement and grounds for faith amid the financial crisis in Scandinavia, as a promise of the Lord's deliverance for his cause.