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8I will hear{H8799)} what God the LORD will speak{H8762)}: for he will speak{H8762)} peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again{H8799)} to folly.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)We have here an answer to the prayers and expostulations in the Ps. 85:1-7. I. In general, it is an answer of peace. This the psalmist is soon aware of (Ps. 85:8), for he stands upon his watch-tower to hear what God will say unto him , as the prophet, Hab. 2:1 , 2 . I will hear what God the Lord will speak . This intimates, 1. The stilling of his passions—his grief, his fear—and the tumult of his…
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