Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:12
Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
12. Material prosperity will go hand in hand with moral progress. Earth responds to the divine blessing. Cp. Lev 26:4; Deu 28:12; Psa 67:6. The fruitfulness of the land is a constant feature in pictures of the Messianic future; and point is given to the promise by the fact that the returned exiles had been suffering from scarcity (Hag 1:10 f.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good – All that is truly good: all needful temporal blessings; all blessings connected with salvation.
And our land shall yield her increase – There shall be fruitful seasons, and the earth shall produce abundance. Compare the notes at Psa 67:6.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. The Lord shall give – good] hattob, THE GOOD thing-what is the supreme good, the summum bonum, for which man has searched in vain through all his generations. Those who are reconciled to him through the Son of his love shall enjoy the favour of their God; to have which is the supreme happiness of man.
Our land shall yield her increase.] There shall be neither dearth nor barrenness; for truth, that springs out of the earth, shall yield an abundant harvest, in the conversion of all nations to the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That which is good, i.e. all that is good in itself and for us, all spiritual and temporal blessings.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12, 13. and, under this, thedeserted land shall be productive, and men be “set,” orguided in God’s holy ways. Doubtless, in this description of God’sreturning favor, the writer had in view that more glorious period,when Christ shall establish His government on God’s reconciledjustice and abounding mercy.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good,…. Meaning not merely temporal good, as rain in particular, as some think, because of the following clause; but that which is spiritually good, his good Spirit and his grace, grace and glory: nor will he withhold any good thing from his people; every good and perfect gift comes from him:
and our land shall yield her increase; such who are like to the earth, which receives blessing of God, and oft drinks in the rain that comes upon it, and brings forth herbs to the dresser of it, Heb 6:2, these increase with the increase of God, bring forth fruits of righteousness, and grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ; though the whole may be interpreted of the incarnation of Christ, which agrees with what goes before and follows after; see Ps 67:6.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
12. Likewise, Jehovah will grant prosperity. Some take this verse allegorically, and interpret it of the increase of spiritual blessings; but this does not agree with the particle גם , gam, rendered likewise, by which the prophet, in my opinion, intends to express the completeness of that blessedness of which he had spoken. He therefore mentions the fruit of the earth, as an additional proof of God’s surpassing beneficence. The chief happiness of the Church is comprehended in these four blessings which he had specified; but the provision which is required for the support of our bodies ought not to be considered as unworthy of attention, provided our care about this matter is kept within proper bounds. If it is objected that these two subjects — the spiritual kingdom of Christ, and the fruitfulness of the earth, are improperly intermingled, it may be easily observed in reply, that there is nothing at all incongruous in this, when we consider that God, while he bestows upon his people spiritual blessings, gives them, in addition to these, some taste of his fatherly love, in the outward benefits which relate to the life of the body; it being evident from the testimony of Paul, that
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godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,” (1Ti 4:8.)
But let it be observed, that the faithful generally have only granted to them a limited portion of the comforts of this transitory life: that they may not be lulled asleep by the allurements of earth. I have therefore said, that, while on earth, they only taste of God’s fatherly love, and are not filled with an overflowing abundance of the good things of this world. Moreover, we are taught from this verse, that the power and capacity of the earth to produce fruit for the sustenance of our bodies was not given to it once for all, — as the heathen imagine God at the first creation to have adapted each element to its proper office, while he now sits in heaven in a state of indolence and repose; — but that the earth is from year to year rendered fruitful by the secret influence of God, who designs hereby to afford us a manifestation of his goodness.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
12. Give that which is good An expressive term, comprehending all that is intrinsically excellent and opportune.
Yield her increase One of the greatest blessings to an over-burdened and poor population, always accepted as God’s special token of care. Psa 67:6; Lev 26:4
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
All increase, all blessings, must now continue to flow in our Emmanuel’s land, his church; and that church cannot cease from following her glorious Head, when He, now lifted up; hath undertaken and promised to draw all his people unto him. Joh 12:32 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Ver. 12. Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ] Yea, best of all, viz. his Holy Spirit (Luk 11:13 , with Mat 7:11 ), with a largess of outward comforts.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
our land, &c. Note “Thy land” in Psa 85:1. Compare Psa 67:6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the Lord: Psa 84:11, Mic 6:8, 1Co 1:30, Eph 1:3, Jam 1:17
our land: Psa 67:6, Psa 72:16, Isa 30:23, Isa 30:24, Isa 32:15, Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23, Act 2:41, Act 21:20,*Gr: 1Co 3:6-9
Reciprocal: Gen 49:25 – with blessings Lev 25:19 – General Lev 26:4 – the land Isa 4:2 – the fruit Eze 34:27 – the tree Eze 36:8 – ye shall Mat 7:11 – good
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 85:12-13. The Lord shall give us that which is good That is, all that is good in itself, and good for us; all spiritual and temporal blessings. And our land shall yield her increase The effects of the incarnation of Christ, the descent of the Spirit, and the publication of the gospel among men, are here, as frequently elsewhere, set forth in Scripture under images borrowed from that fruitfulness caused in the earth by the rain of heaven. Righteousness shall go before him As his harbinger, or attendant. He shall work and fulfil all righteousness. He shall satisfy and glorify the righteousness of God, and shall advance the practice of righteousness and holiness among men. And shall set us in the way of his steps That is, shall incline and enable us to walk in those righteous ways wherein he walked, and which he hath prescribed to us. Draw us, blessed Jesus, and we will run after thee in the path of life; let thy mercy pardon us, thy truth enlighten us, thy righteousness direct us, to follow thee, O Lamb of God, whithersoever thou goest, through poverty, affliction, persecution, and death itself; that our portion may be for ever in thy kingdom of peace and love! Horne.