Psalms 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
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ASV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.
KJV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
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Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
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Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
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John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
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Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
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Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there…
But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Nevertheless his salvation is near to those who fear him. See what he says. Those who fear the Lord have the Lord near, since fear does not yet possess perfection: "For perfect love casts out fear." Therefore we who love the Lord have him not nearby, but within. "For I will dwell in them, and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." That glory may dwell in our land. This is the land of which he says in another place, "The earth has given its fruit."
And the psalmist might well say this salvation was nigh, because the seventy weeks determined by Daniel were begun. Glory - The glorious presence of God, and the God of glory himself, even Christ, who is the brightness of his father's glory.
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him. Faith knows that a saving God is always near at hand, but only (for such is the true rendering) to those who fear the Lord, and worship him with holy awe. In the gospel dispensation this truth is conspicuously illustrated. If to seeking sinners salvation is nigh, it is assuredly very nigh to those who have once enjoyed it, and have lost its present enjoyment by their folly; they have but to turn unto the Lord and they shall enjoy it again.
They are here termed "them that fear him"; and grace produces glory (Ps 84:11).