Study 66 From the Book of Psalms
is: Psalm 85
1.
Verses
1-7. To what does the psalmist make appeal in his prayer, and for what does he
pray? Note that his prayers are not for himself, but for God’s people. Do you
have any comparable conviction and concern?
2.
Verses
8-13. In His answer, what blessings does God promise, and to whom? What is the
guarantee of fulfillment?
Notes
1.
Verse
8b. The mg. suggests that there is here an abrupt warning to God’s pious ones
not to ‘turn back to folly’. For what is meant by ‘folly’, see Ps. 14:1; Rom.
1:21, 22.
2.
Verse
9b. The ‘glory’ is that of the revealed presence of God. Cf. Ex. 40: 34; Zc.
2:5.
