Īccording to the Midrash Tehillim, the land being referred to in this psalm is the Land of Israel, of which Scripture states, "A land which the Lord your God cares for the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it" ( Deuteronomy 11:12). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia also interprets the "kiss" shared by Righteousness and Peace (in the KJV translation) as signifying the spiritual union of "God bowing down from heaven to meet earth and earth rejoicing up to Him, foretelling the glory of salvation for the people". When Israel adheres to the truth, God will respond with righteousness He will send rain to produce abundant harvests. The image of kindness and truth "meeting" alludes to the interrelationship between Israel's truth and God's righteousness. They pray that God will also return the Jewish people from their current exile and remove his anger from them altogether.
Īccording to Jewish commentators, the sons of Korah are speaking prophetically about the conclusion of the Babylonian exile. They returned "to a ruined city, a fallen Temple, and a mourning land, where they were surrounded by jealous and powerful enemies".
Alexander Maclaren posits that the setting of Psalm 85 corresponds to the description in the Book of Nehemiah in which only part of the Jewish nation had returned from the Babylonian captivity. One suggestion is that it was penned at the end of the reign of Saul. While the superscript attributes this psalm to the sons of Korah, Christian commentators are undecided about the period in which the psalm was written. Its image of Justice and Peace kissing in verse 10 ("righteousness and peace" in versions such as the New International Version) was a popular theme in art work from the Middle Ages through the 18th century. It has been paraphrased in hymns and set to music. The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. The Jerusalem Bible describes it as a "prayer for peace". In Judaism, it is called "a psalm of returned exiles". In Latin, it is known as " Benedixisti Domine terram tuam". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 84. In the English of the King James Version, this psalm begins: "L ORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land".
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Psalm 85 is the 85th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of a series of psalms attributed to the sons of Korah.
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