The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 85:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land; or, "thou art become gracious" (Kay, Cheyne)—a preceding time during which God was not gracious is implied (comp. Psalms 77:7-9). Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

It is most natural to understand this of the return from the Babylonian captivity; but possible that some lighter affliction may be intended, since שׁבות is used, metaphorically, for calamities short of actual captivity (see the comment on Job 42:10).

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