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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
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him,.... That have a true sense of sin and folly, are humbled for it, hate it, and depart from it, and do not return unto it; have a reverential affection for God, a sense of his goodness, particularly his pardoning grace and mercy, and fear him on account of it, and to offend him; and that serve him with reverence and godly fear: to these his salvation...
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
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; When you honour him, reverence him, worship him, his salvation cannot be far away from you.
Charles H. Spurgeon
That glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together; At the cross is their meeting-place. There, you shall see God’s mercy and God’s truth embracing each other over the great sacrifice of Christ. Mercy and truth seem set at variance in the sinner’s case till they are reconciled by the blood of Jesus.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. O beloved brethren and sisters, lay hold on that salvation which is nigh unto you, and exalt in it; and, even now, let your spirits feel the glow of his glory shining in your soul!