“Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.”
The prayer requests divine display of covenant loyalty: "Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation." The request to show hesed (steadfast love, covenant loyalty) and salvation becomes the culminating petition. These twin gifts represent God's restoration of the covenant relationship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 85:7
1. ...Its title is, “A Psalm for the end, to the sons of Core.” Let us understand no other end than that of which the Apostle speaks: for, “Christ is the end of the law.” Romans 10:4 Therefore when at the head of the title of the Psalm he placed the words, “for the end,” he directed our heart to Christ. If we fix our gaze on Him, we shall not stray: for He is Himself the Truth unto which we are eager to arrive, and He Himself the Way John 14:6 by which we run.... 2. The…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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