Psalms 80:3
O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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! to our salvation.
4O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
Cross References
Numbers 6:25Yahweh cause his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee:
Psalms 4:6Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.
Psalms 67:1God, be favorable to us and bless us, Cause his face to shine upon us. [Selah.]
Psalms 80:7O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
Jeremiah 31:18I have, heard, Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return that I may return, For thou, art Yahweh 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 →