Psalms 85:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 85:8

6 Will You not ^arevive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?

7 Show us Your mercy, Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to¹ folly.

9 Surely ^aHis salvation is near to those who fear Him,
^bThat glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth have met together;
^aRighteousness and peace have kissed.

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12 ^aYes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 85:8

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American Standard Version
I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.

Amplified® Bible
I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly.

Contemporary English Version
I will listen to you, LORD God, because you promise peace to those who are faithful and no longer foolish.

Darby English Version
I will hear what ùGod, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.

Good News Bible
I am listening to what the LORD God is saying; he promises peace to us, his own people, if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

King James Version
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

New American Standard Bible
I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly.

New International Version
I will listen to what God the LORD will say;
he promises peace to his people, his saints—
but let them not return to folly.

New King James Version
I will hear what God the LORD will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to folly.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly.

Revised Standard Version
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Young's Literal Translation
I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.

New English Translation
I will listen to what God the Lord says.¹ For he will make² peace with his people, his faithful followers.³ Yet they must not⁴ return to their foolish ways.

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