Bible Strands
Psalms 85:12
The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to the restored community of Israel following a period of divine discipline, anticipating the reversal of their former desolation.
The words — יִתֵּן (yi.Ten) and תִּתֵּן (ti.Ten) both derive from the root נָתַן meaning to give, establishing a parallel structure where Yahweh gives good and the land yields produce.
The thread — This promise of divine provision and agricultural bounty echoes the harvest imagery of Psalm 67:6 and aligns with the principle that every good gift descends from the Father in James 1:17.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that material and spiritual restoration originate from God's initiative rather than human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Cross-references
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalms 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
- Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Zechariah 8:12 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.