Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
Parallel translations
- WEB So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
- KJV So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
- BSB Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
- NKJV Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
- NASB Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
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Quick answer
If God revives them, the people vow they will not turn away but will call on His name. Restoration and renewed faithfulness are joined together.
Overview
The people pledge covenant loyalty contingent on God's reviving grace, recognizing they cannot turn back to Him in their own strength. True revival is God's work that produces renewed worship and faithfulness. This anticipates the gospel pattern, where God first gives life and the redeemed respond by calling on His name (cf. Eph. 2:4-5).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 119:154Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
- Phil 2:12–13So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- John 6:66–69At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- Ps 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW
- Ps 119:107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
- Ps 119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
- Heb 10:38–39But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
- Song 1:4Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
- Eph 2:1–5You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
- Ps 79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- Ps 85:6Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
- Ps 119:37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
- Ps 71:20You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Ps 119:156Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
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