今天的六篇詩篇是由六位不同的作者寫的！可拉後裔渴慕上帝的同在（詩84），見全國因與上帝相契而得醫治（詩85），當可拉讚揚上帝城池的巍峨狀觀之際（詩87），正是大衛在一片敵對的聲浪中尋求上帝的大能與憐憫之時（詩86），最後兩闕哀歌是敘述希幔在極度煎熬中的呻吟（詩88），以及以探的祈求，以探是當代一位牢記上帝給以色列的應許的人（詩89）。

        復興全世界最困難的事情之一，就是舉行一個奮興大會。
        在迦密山上，以利亞已向全國百姓證明了上帝才是真神（王上18章），但不出幾年，百姓又回去拜巴力假神；約拿的信息使尼尼微城有極不同凡響的回轉（拿3：1－5）但僅僅150年後，全城又回到異教的老路上，以致遭到巴比倫人如洪水氾濫般的傾覆而亡國（鴻1：7－8）。
詩篇85篇敘述以色列在過去有過全國的屬靈復興，1至3節包括了上帝已經完成的六種作為，但這個復興為時不久，便又回到舊日的生活方式和宗教儀式。不冷不熱取代了屬靈的熱誠，這個時候國家需要的是使他們真正存活的復興，所以詩人為了自己的同胞哀求上帝：「再將我們救活。」（詩85：6）
        屬靈的復興和全國的復興在歷史上都有文獻記載，但今天又如何呢？百姓復興後，國家才能復興，也就是說復興應從你和你的家庭開始。
        今晚入睡以前，跪下來為屬靈的復興禱告片刻。求上帝先從你開始，然後是你家、你的教會、你的工作、你的鄰居，進而你的國家。

        查考雅各書五章十三節及以弗所書五章十九節，然後把這些經文運用在你的生活中，以吟唱的方式唱出！

真正復興的主要表現是持久的悔改。

English

        Several different authors are represented in the six psalms in today's reading. The sons of Koran yearn to be in God's presence (84) and to see the nation restored to fellowship with Cod (85). David seeks the great and merciful God amidst opposition (86) while Korah proclaims the greatness of the city of God (87). The final two laments record the mournful cry of Heman when he was afflicted (88) and the pleading of Ethan, who remembers God's words to Israel (89).

        One of the hardest things in the world to revive is a revival.
        Elijah demonstrated to the entire nation assembled on Mount Carmet that the Lord is God (1 Kings 18), but within a few years the people had returned to their worship of Baal. Jonah's preaching turned Nineveh upside down (Jonah 3:1-5). Only 150 years later, however, the city had returned to its pagan ways and was swept away like a flood by the Babylonians (Nahum 1:7-8).
        Psalm 85 depicts a nation to which revival had come in the past. The first three verses contain six statements of what God had done to revive the people. But the revival was short-lived. Old patterns and practices had returned. Lukewarmness had replaced spiritual vitality. What the nation needed now was a revived revival. And so the psalmist cries out on behalf of his countrymen, "Wilt thou not revive us again!" (v. 6).
        Spiritual awakenings and national revivals are well documented in history ... but what about today? Revival in your coun¬try can only come when first there is revival in its citizens . . . and that means it must begin with you and your family... and your church ... and your business . .. and your neighborhood ... and your nation.

        Look up James5:13 and Ephesians 5:19. Then put those verses to work in your own life by singing one of the psalms you've already read this month.

The chief mark of authentic revival is enduring repentance.