Psalm 85 - God did it, we call on Him, He will do it

O Lord, You showed favor to Your land; You restored the captivity of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your indignation toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? Will You not Yourself revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation.I will hear what God the Lord will say; for He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land. Lovingkindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springs from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. Indeed, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its produce. Righteousness will go before Him and will make His footsteps into a way.

Message: God did it, we call on Him, He will do it 

Time: The psalms were written by many different people across a period of a thousand years in Israel's history. They are thought to have been compiled and put together in their present form by some unknown editor shortly after the captivity ended about 537 B.C.

What the Lord is Saying:

I see three divisions:
What God did, Our Call to God, What God will do (His Promise to us)

1. What God Did: He showed favor to the land, He restored his people, He forgave sin, He covered their sin, He withdrew all his fury, He turned away from his anger.  In other words:  God hates sin. This is clear, but God loves his creation and his people more. Though he hates sin, he has reconciled his people to himself, through His son.
2. Our Call to God: God, restore us. We do not want to experience your wrath anymore. Please revive us and bring us back into fellowship with you O God. Show us that unconditional love you have for us. In other words: Man desires fellowship with God. Man wants to be accepted and understands that only God is the one that make things right.
3. What God will do (God's Promises): I hear the Lord and He speaks peace to his people. His salvation is near to those that fear him. There are benefits and promises he has made for us. The Lord is the giver of all that is good.  The earth will produce abundance and we will have fruitful seasons.  In other words: God has shown what he did and we call on him in response and he will do things for us in the future.

Promise: Our God is good. He has shown himself to be faithful in the past. Our response is always to keep calling on Him. He will promises to take care of us in the future.