Psalms 85:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 85:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 85:2 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 85:2 — KJV
“Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.”
— Psalms 85:2 (KJV)
Psalms 85:2 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 85:2
“Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. until...: or, hitherto”
Shares key themes with Psalms 85:2: hast, forgiven, iniquity
“For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. neither...: Heb. delivering thou hast not delivered”
Shares key themes with Psalms 85:2: hast, people, sin
“And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?”
Shares key themes with Psalms 85:2: hast, people, sin
“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.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 85:2: iniquity, people, sin
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 85:2: iniquity, people, covered
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