The Meaning of Psalms 85:7 Explained

Psalms 85:7

KJV: Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

YLT: Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.

Darby: Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.

ASV: Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Shew  us thy mercy,  O LORD,  and grant  us thy salvation. 

What does Psalms 85:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 85:1-13 - A Prayer For The Nation
This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19. There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted some great national deliverance, which filled the land with thanksgiving. The restoration of the captives from Babylon was such an event; but the words well befit glad days of revival. They might have been sung on the first Easter day, when mercy and truth met at the Cross, and there was a bridal of the earth and sky. Reversed captivity, forgiven and buried sin, the dark clouds of estrangement dispelled, the speaking of peace-these are great themes and all have their counterparts in Christian experience.
There is exquisite beauty in Psalms 85:10-11. What a meeting of the divine attributes! The Cross is their trysting-place. It resembles the family-gathering of brothers and sisters in the old homestead. Notice that heaven must combine with earth in the production of Christian grace. Truth can spring up in the soil of our heart only when righteousness looks down with benignant love from heaven. But she does even more-she shows us how to walk in the way of God's steps. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 85

1  The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for continuance thereof
8  He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness

What do the individual words in Psalms 85:7 mean?

Show us Yahweh Your mercy and Your salvation grant us
הַרְאֵ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝יֶשְׁעֲךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־ לָֽנוּ

הַרְאֵ֣נוּ  Show  us 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ  Your  mercy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וְ֝יֶשְׁעֲךָ֗  and  Your  salvation 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יֵשַׁע  
Sense: deliverance, salvation, rescue, safety, welfare.
תִּתֶּן־  grant 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָֽנוּ  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural

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