Bible Strands
Psalms 85:7
Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the LORD, making this plea immediately after asking to be revived so God’s people may rejoice (Psalm 85:6) and directly before listening for God’s promise of peace (Psalm 85:8).
The words — The request centers on הַרְאֵ֣/נוּ (har.’E./nu), meaning “show us,” and חַסְדֶּ֑/ךָ (chas.D./kha), meaning “your covenant loyalty,” coupled with the petition that Yahweh תִּתֶּן־ (ti.ten-) “will give” יֶשְׁעֲ/ךָ֗ (yesh.’a./kha) “your salvation.”
The thread — The motif of God actively displaying and granting salvation appears in Psalm 91:16 and Psalm 50:23, while the parallel concept of showing compassion and restoring to the land occurs in Jeremiah 42:12.
Why it lands — The text records a direct plea for divine covenant loyalty and deliverance rather than human achievement. It requires the reader to acknowledge total dependence on God’s initiative for restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
Cross-references
- Psalms 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Psalms 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Jeremiah 42:12 And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’