Turn thou us... O Lord... — The answer to the problem was found in man’s submission and in prayer. He could not turn himself, and so re-establish the old filial relation. He could ask God to turn him, and he felt that the prayer would not be asked in vain.
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Lamentations 5:21
21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.