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Psalms 85:8-9

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85:8 I will listen to what God the Lord says. 1 

For he will make 2  peace with his people, his faithful followers. 3 

Yet they must not 4  return to their foolish ways.

85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; 5 

then his splendor will again appear in our land. 6 

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[85:8]  1 sn I will listen. Having asked for the Lord’s favor, the psalmist (who here represents the nation) anticipates a divine word of assurance.

[85:8]  2 tn Heb “speak.” The idiom “speak peace” refers to establishing or maintaining peaceful relations with someone (see Gen 37:4; Zech 9:10; cf. Ps 122:8).

[85:8]  3 tn Heb “to his people and to his faithful followers.” The translation assumes that “his people” and “his faithful followers” are viewed as identical here.

[85:8]  4 tn Or “yet let them not.” After the negative particle אֵל (’el), the prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating the speaker’s desire or wish.

[85:9]  5 tn Heb “certainly his deliverance [is] near to those who fear him.”

[85:9]  6 tn Heb “to dwell, glory, in our land.” “Glory” is the subject of the infinitive. The infinitive with -לְ (lÿ), “to dwell,” probably indicates result here (“then”). When God delivers his people and renews his relationship with them, he will once more reveal his royal splendor in the land.



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