Remember What God Has Done

Remembering what God has done is an important part of Jewish worship...

After God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, He instructed the people to remember His words. He told them to diligently teach His commands, and to talk about them in their houses, when they walked, when they were lying down, and when they got up in the morning (Deuteronomy 6:7). 

The Israelites were told to constantly remember what God had done, who God was, and what He had said. 

And so, in Psalm 85:2, the Psalmist engages in an act of remembrance by reflecting on God’s forgiveness: 

“You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin.” (ESV)
 
The Israelites had sinned against God many times, and many times over God forgave them. The author of Psalm 85 didn’t want Israel to forget God’s great kindness, so he crafted a Psalm that would remind anyone who repeated it of God’s mercy, forgiveness, power, and love. 

The Psalmist appeared to know that purposefully remembering what...