Bible Commentary

Wilt thou be angry with us forever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 5. For the pleading question cp. Psa 77:7 ff. wilt thou draw out &c.] I.e. protract, prolong, continue thine anger to one generation after another (Psa 77:8). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Wilt thou be angry … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:5”

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 4. Turn us ] I.e. Restore us. Cp. Psa 80:3. For R.V. marg. Turn to us, cp. Isa 63:17; but the rendering of the text is preferable. cause thine anger &c.] Lit. break off thine indignation with us: cease to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:4”

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger. 3. Thou hast taken away ] Lit. withdrawn, or drawn in, the wrath which was let loose against us. from the fierceness of thine anger ] Poured out upon Israel for its sin. See Jer 30:24; Lam 1:12; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:3”

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 2. The Heb. words describe sin (1) as depravity or moral distortion; (2) as a wandering from the way, or missing the mark; and forgiveness (1) as the removal of a burden, (2) as the covering of the offence, which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:2”

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favorable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 1. thou hast been favourable ] Thou art propitiated: once more Thou graciously acceptest Thy people, and receivest them back into Thy favour. The ban of Jer 14:10; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 85:1”

O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee. 12. O Lord of hosts ] The addition of God in P.B.V., as in Psa 84:8, comes from the Roman or unrevised Latin Psalter (see p. lxxii), and is found in some MSS. of the LXX. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 84:12”

For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 11. a sun and shield ] R.V., A sun and a shield. Nowhere else in the O.T. is Jehovah directly called a sun, though the ideas conveyed by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 84:11”

For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 10. For a day &c.] The connexion of thought is obscure. For apparently introduces a reason for the foregoing prayer. A ‘good day,’ i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 84:10”

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 9. The Psalmist’s prayer for favourable audience in Psa 84:8 is succeeded, after a musical interlude ( selah), by a prayer offered by all the pilgrims together. Contrast ‘ our shield’ with ‘ my prayer’ ( Psa 84:8), and the singular which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 84:9”

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 8. A prayer for favourable audience, uttered apparently by the Psalmist as the leader of the pilgrims on their arrival in the Temple. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges O Lord God of hosts – See the notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 84:8”