Psa 85:2-3, YOU HAVE FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY OF YOUR PEOPLE; You have COVERED ALL THEIR SIN. Selah YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY ALL YOUR WRATH; You have turned from the fierceness of YOUR ANGER.
The Psalmist is looking back at the work of GOD! HE brought them back from captivity, forgiven their sins and turned from HIS wrath!
Psa 85:4-6, RESTORE US, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? WILL YOU NOT REVIVE US AGAIN, That Your people may rejoice in You?
LORD RESTORE AND REVIVE US AGAIN AS YOU DID IN THE PAST! THIS IS A PRAYER FOR A REVIVAL, A PRAYER FOR HIS PRESENCE! GOING TO CHURCH WITHOUT HIS PRESENCE MEANS NOTHING!
Psa 85:7, Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation.
We are all guilty in HIS eyes and don’t deserve salvation for HE is JUST! HE being a Righteous and Just JUDGE must condemn us all sinners, including you and me!
Dan 5:27, … You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;
Psa 62:9, Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
Psa 85:10, Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.
Mercy is what we seek, but the truth will convict us! HIS righteousness, HIS justice will not bring peace to the sinner! YET BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON CALVARY WE HAVE PEACE!
Col 1:20, AND BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF, … HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS.
Psa 85:13, RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE HIM, AND SHALL MAKE HIS FOOTSTEPS OUR PATHWAY.
1Jn 2:6, HE WHO SAYS HE ABIDES IN HIM OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO TO WALK JUST AS HE WALKED.
JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, OUR EXAMPLE AND THE PATH TO FOLLOW!