Psalms 85:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.”
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“You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Jacob.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 85:1 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
- Ezra 1:11In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 31:23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
- Ezekiel 39:25Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Joel 2:18Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
- Joel 3:1“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
- Zechariah 1:16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
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