The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 85:6

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

Wilt thou not revive us again! literally, wilt thou not return and revive us? (comp. Psalms 71:20). So Ezra prays God to "give Israel a little reviving in their bondage" (Ezra 9:8). That thy people may rejoice in thee.

The "revival" and "rejoicing" came in Nehemiah's time, when the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem was kept "with gladness, both with thanksgiving, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps" (Nehemiah 12:27).

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