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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 85 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. This psalm is generally thought to have been composed after the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon; and yet when they were in some distress from their neighbours, either in the times of Ezra and Nehemiah, or in the times of Antiochus; but then this deliverance from captivity must be considered as...
John Gill
I will hear what God the Lord will speak,.... This the psalmist says in the name of the people of the Jews, whom he represents, in all the foregoing expostulations and petitions, refusing to be still and quiet, and wait and listen for an answer to the above request from the Lord, who speaks by his providences, word, and Spirit; see Habakkuk 2:1, for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his...
Matthew Henry
Interpreters are generally of the opinion that this psalm was penned after the return of the Jews out of their captivity in Babylon, when they still remained under some tokens of God's displeasure, which they here pray for the removal of. And nothing appears to the contrary, but that it might be penned then, as well as Ps. cxxxvii. They are the public interests that lie near the psalmist's heart...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: “I will be silent. I have spoken to him; now I will hear what his answer is. I will hold my ear attentive to listen to his voice.” O my dear hearers, when you are willing to hear God, there are good times coming to you! Psa_85:8. For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: There is peace, peace, nothing else but peace for them. Psa_85:8....
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. For, if they do, their darkness will return, and they will again have to mourn their Lord’s absence. Peradventure, the rod will fall more heavily upon them, and their souls will sink into a deeper despondency. For a Christian to be a fool once, is a sad...