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Psalms 85:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

EXPOSITION

THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the condition of the people altogether satisfactory. It consists of a thanksgiving for the deliverance vouchsafed (Psalms 85:1-3); a prayer for further and more complete restoration to favour (Psalms 85:4-7); and a joyful anticipation of the granting of the prayer, and of the bestowal on Israel, ultimately, of all temporal and spiritual blessings (Psalms 85:8-13). There are no such distinct and definite allusions in the psalm as to tie it down to any particular date; but, on the whole, it would seem to suit best either the time of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:1-13; Ezra 4:1-24.) or that of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 9:1-15; Ezra 10:1-44; Ne 2-6.).

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