Psalms 85:1
You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
BSB
ASV
Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
KJV
Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
You have blessed, O Lord, Your land. This is spoken of the coming of the Savior. This properly according to the history; but according to the tropology, after we have spoken of the history, we shall discourse afterwards. You have blessed, O Lord, Your land. This we have said of the coming of the Savior. The land which had offended You, which had been defiled with idolatries, was saved when You came. You have blessed, O Lord, Your land. Let the sinner speak, and then, having obtained pardon: You have blessed, O Lord, Your land.
Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land. The self existent, all sufficient Jehovah is addressed: by that name he revealed himself to Moses when his people were in bondage, by that name he is here pleaded with. It is wise to dwell upon that view of the divine character which arouses the sweetest memories of his love. Sweeter still is that dear name of "Our Father, "with which Christians have learned to commence their prayers.
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Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
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For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
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I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
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Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
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For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
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Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!