“ Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. ”
Turn us, O God of our salvation - The God from whom salvation must come, and on whom we are dependent for it. The prayer here is, “turn us;” turn us from our sins; bring us to repentance; make us...
LXXXV. Prayer for the Completion of Israel's Restoration. The Ps. falls clearly into two halves. Psalms 85:1-7 is a prayer to God. It begins ( Psalms 85:1-3 ) by commemorating God's mercy. He had...
Turn us. Compare "Thou hast turned" (verses: Psalms 85:2 ; Psalms 85:3 ). God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation! The faithful now make a practical application to themselves, in their present circumstances, of what they had rehearsed before concerning God’s paternal te...
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Turn us, O God of our salvation - Thou hast turned our captivity; now convert our souls. And they find a reason for their pr...
Turn us, O God of our salvation— The meaning is, "Restore us entirely to our former happy state, by completing the deliverance which thou hast begun; and by averting these new troubles which have b...
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. This prayer, "Turn us ... cause thine ang...
This Ps. looks back upon the mercy which God has shown to His people in bringing them back from captivity ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), entreats Him to remove the displeasure that has again fallen on them, and...
Turn us. — Here equivalent to restore us once more. If, the poet felt, the captivity had taught its lesson, why, on the restoration, did not complete freedom from misfortune ensue? It is this whi...
Psalms 85:1-13 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restoration of the nation ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), it passes, wit...
a Prayer for the Nation Psalms 85:1-13 This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19 . There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings are returned. Evidently there had been granted som...
This psalm would seen to have been written in a day when some Divine deliverance had been wrought for the people of God. Yet the singer is conscious that in the heart of the people there remain dispo...
How sweet and suitable is this prayer for converting grace, after experiencing pardoning mercy! When Jesus hath purchased our pardon, his next gracious act is to renew our hearts to a proper enjoymen...
Turn us, O God of our salvation ,.... Who appointed it in his purposes, contrived it in council, secured it in covenant, and sent his Son to effect it; the prayer to him is for converting grace, eit...
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Ver. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation ] Turn us, and we shall be turned; do as thou ever hast done, for thou art Jehova...
Turn us, O God of our salvation That is, either, 1st, Convert us. As thou hast brought back our bodies to thy land, so bring back our hearts to thyself, from whom many of them are to this day alien...
Prayer in Time of Trouble. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of Korah. 1 L ORD , thou hast been favourable...
Turn us; either, 1. Convert us. As thou hast brought back our bodies to thy land, so bring back our hearts to thyself, from whom many of them to this day are alienated. Or rather, 2. Restore us...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah . “See Introduction to Psalms 42 . “There seems,” says Perowne, “every re...
Psalms 85:1-2 . LORD, thou host been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah....
Psalms 85:1 . Brought back the captivity of Jacob. Part of this psalm at least appears to have been composed after the return from captivity, or it may have been adapted to that happy occasion, wh...
Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land. A psalm of deliverance; songs and sighs A part of the nation had returned, but to a ruined city, a fallen temple, and a mourning land, where they...
EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the condition of the people altogether satisfactory. It c...
A Prayer for the Welfare of the Country. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, an inspired singer of this family praying to God for renewed blessings...
Daniel 9:16 ; Isaiah 10:25 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; John 4:22 ; Lamentations 5:21 ; Malachi 4:6 ; Micah 7:18-20 ; Micah 7:7 ; Psalms 25:2 ; Psalms 27:1 ; Psalms 78:38 ; Psalms 80:1 ; Psalms 80...
Turn us — Restore us to our former tranquillity, and free us from the troubles which we yet groan under.