Psalms 80:3
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
In Context
2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
4O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Cross References
Psalms 4:6There are many who say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us!
Psalms 67:1“For the leader of the music. To be sung on stringed instruments. A psalm.” O God! be merciful to us, and bless us, And cause thy face to shine upon us! [[Pause.]]
Psalms 80:7Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: “Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, Like a steer not broken. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, For thou, O Jehovah, art 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 →