Psalms 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
In Context
2Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.
4O LORD God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Cross References
Numbers 6:25LORD make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee.
Psalms 4:6Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 67:1God be merciful to us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),
Psalms 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →