Psalms 85:2

85:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. for the sons: or, of the sons favourable: or, well pleased

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

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You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. Selah.

85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. thyself: or, thine anger from waxing hot

What does Psalms 85:2 mean?

Psalms 85:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), עָוֺן (ʻâvôn), עַם (ʻam).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

hast

forgivenנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

the

iniquityעָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

thy

people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

thou

hast

coveredכָּסָהkâçâh/kaw-saw'/H3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

all

their

sin.חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâh/khat-taw-aw'/H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

Selah.סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

Topics

Nation Patriotism

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 85:2.

Exodus 34:7

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Exodus 34:9

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Genesis 4:13

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven

Leviticus 4:8

And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 85:2 say?

Psalms 85:2 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah."

Is Psalms 85:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 85:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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