Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned - (Psalms 80:3; Jeremiah 31:18). 'Restore us to favour with thee, and so we shall be restored to our old position' (Grotius). Jeremiah is not speaking of spiritual conversion, but of that outward turning whereby God receives men into His fatherly favour, manifested in bestowing prosperity (Calvin). Still, as Israel is a type of the Church, temporal goods typify spiritual blessings; and so the sinner may use this prayer for God to convert him.
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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.