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Psalm 85

Psa. 85:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
what God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
: for he will speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
unto his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, and to his saints
chaciyd (Hebrew #2623)
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
KJV usage: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un- )godly.
Pronounce: khaw-seed'
Origin: from 2616
: bute let them not turn again
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
to folly
kiclah (Hebrew #3690)
in a good sense, trust; in a bad one, silliness
KJV usage: confidence, folly.
Pronounce: kis-law'
Origin: feminine of 3689
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Psa. 130:4• 4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. (Psa. 130:4)

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hear.
Hab. 2:1• 1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof. (Hab. 2:1)
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Heb. 12:25• 25See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven: (Heb. 12:25)
for he.
Psa. 29:11• 11Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace. (Psa. 29:11)
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Isa. 57:19• 19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:19)
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Zech. 9:10• 10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. (Zech. 9:10)
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John 14:27• 27I leave peace with you; I give *my* peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear. (John 14:27)
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John 20:19,26• 19When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors shut where the disciples were, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace be to you.
 26And eight days after, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be to you. (John 20:19,26)
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Acts 10:36• 36The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,) (Acts 10:36)
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2 Cor. 5:18‑20• 18and all things are of the God who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:
 19how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.
 20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:18‑20)
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Eph. 2:17• 17and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh. (Eph. 2:17)
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2 Thess. 3:16• 16But the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all. (2 Thess. 3:16)
to his.
Psa. 50:5• 5Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice! (Psa. 50:5)
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Eph. 1:1‑2• 1Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.
 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:1‑2)
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Psa. 130:4• 4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. (Psa. 130:4)
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John 5:14• 14After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to thee. (John 5:14)
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John 8:11• 11And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (John 8:11)
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Acts 3:26• 26To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness. (Acts 3:26)
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Gal. 4:9• 9but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)
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2 Tim. 2:19• 19Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)
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Heb. 10:26‑29• 26For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
 28Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:
 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:26‑29)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:20‑22)
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Rev. 2:4‑5• 4but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
 5Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent. (Rev. 2:4‑5)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
folly.
Gen. 34:7• 7And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done. (Gen. 34:7)
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1 Sam. 25:25• 25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. (1 Sam. 25:25)
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Prov. 25:11• 11As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season. (Prov. 25:11)
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Prov. 27:22• 22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. (Prov. 27:22)
• But the soul has learned grace and listens for the answer, because it looks for grace. It is not legal agony, but desired knowledge of God in favor. “He will speak peace. His salvation is nigh them that fear Him.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 85-87” by J.N. Darby)
• Very blessedly the godly man says, “I will hear what God, Jehovah, will speak” (JND). He finds that Jehovah gives an answer of peace. (“Psalms 85” by H. Smith)
• To quit their fears and settle their doubts, the Lord speaks peace unto them. He tells them of the greatness of the salvation that has been brought nigh unto them and instructs them in the true meaning and value of the cross where mercy and truth met together and righteousness and peace kissed each other (vs. 8-10). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will hear what *God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly onesa: but let them not turn again to folly.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "saints" (chasid). see Note c and 2 Chron. 6.41,42.