# Psalm 85 📖: Revive Us Again [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 84]] | [[Psalm 86]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### For the music director, written by the Korahites, a psalm. [[#Verse 01.]] O Lord, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob. [[#Verse 02.]] You pardoned the wrongdoing of your people; you forgave all their sin. (Selah) [[#Verse 03.]] You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. [[#Verse 04.]] Restore us, O God our deliverer. Do not be displeased with us. [[#Verse 05.]] Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? [[#Verse 06.]] Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you. [[#Verse 07.]] O Lord, show us your loyal love. Bestow on us your deliverance. [[#Verse 08.]] I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways. [[#Verse 09.]] Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land. [[#Verse 10.]] Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. [[#Verse 11.]] Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. [[#Verse 12.]] Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. [[#Verse 13.]] Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Psalm 85 is a psalm of the sons of Korah. 2. "Restored the fortunes" (85:1) is the same phrase used of the return from exile (Psalm 126:1). 3. Many scholars date the psalm after the return from Babylon, when the people were home but life was still hard. 4. Verses 1-3 look back on past forgiveness, while verses 4-7 ask for renewed mercy. 5. Verse 10 personifies four of God's attributes as if they were people meeting on a road. 6. Faithfulness springs up from the earth and righteousness looks down from heaven (85:11), uniting heaven and earth. 7. Selah appears once (85:2). 8. Verse 12 promises that the land will yield its harvest, connecting spiritual renewal with God's covenant blessings (Leviticus 26:4). 9. The Hebrew word for "revive" (85:6) means to bring back to life. 10. Righteousness going before God to prepare the way (85:13) echoes the herald image of Isaiah 40:3. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the place where loyal love and faithfulness meet and righteousness and peace kiss (85:10). At the cross God is shown to be both just and the One who justifies (Romans 3:25-26), and in Christ we have peace with God (Romans 5:1). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The psalm begins by remembering past restoration (85:1-3). How does remembering God's past mercy help you pray in the present? 2. The people ask, "Will You not revive us again?" (85:6). What would revival look like in your heart, your family, or your church? 3. The psalmist says, "I will listen to what God the Lord says" (85:8). What practices help you listen to God? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 6: Will You not revive us again so Your people may rejoice in You? - 📖 verse 8: The Lord speaks peace to His people, but they must not return to folly. - 📖 verse 10: Loyal love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Psalm 126#Verse 01.|Psalm 126:1-4]] - The Lord restores the fortunes of Zion. - 🔗 [[Habakkuk 03#Verse 02.|Habakkuk 3:2]] - In wrath remember mercy; revive Your work. - 🔗 [[Romans 03#Verse 25.|Romans 3:25-26]] - God is just and the justifier. - 🔗 [[Ephesians 02#Verse 14.|Ephesians 2:14-17]] - Christ is our peace. - 🔗 [[Luke 02#Verse 14.|Luke 2:14]] - Peace on earth among those He favors. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 85- SOAP|Keep Listening]] ## 📂 Internal Notes