Psalms 85:11

85:11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,

and deliverance looks down from the sky. ¹ 

Isaiah 35:1-2

The Land and Its People Are Transformed

35:1 Let the desert and dry region be happy; ² 

let the wilderness ³  rejoice and bloom like a lily!

35:2 Let it richly bloom; ⁴ 

let it rejoice and shout with delight! ⁵ 

It is given the grandeur ⁶  of Lebanon,

the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.

They will see the grandeur of the Lord,

the splendor of our God.

[85:11]  ¹ sn The psalmist already sees undeniable signs of God’s faithfulness and expects deliverance to arrive soon.

[35:1]  ² tn The final mem (ם) on the verb יְשֻׂשׂוּם (yÿsusum) is dittographic (note the initial mem on the following noun מִדְבָּר [midbar]). The ambiguous verbal form is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel). The jussive is used rhetorically here, not as a literal command or prayer.

[35:1]  ³ tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); NAB, NIV, TEV “desert.”

[35:2]  ⁴ tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).

[35:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and let it rejoice, yes [with] rejoicing and shouting.” גִּילַת (gilat) may be an archaic feminine nominal form (see GKC 421 §130.b).

[35:2]  ⁶ tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.