Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Parallel translations
- WEB Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
- BSB Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- NKJV Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!
- NASB Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved.
- NLT Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
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Quick answer
The refrain sounds a third time, now with the full covenant name, pleading for restoration and salvation through God's shining favor. The psalm ends resting wholly on God's grace.
Overview
This climactic repetition (cf. vv. 3, 7) addresses God as Yahweh, God of Armies, the covenant Lord of all power. The threefold refrain structures the whole psalm around the conviction that salvation comes only when God turns to His people. It leaves Israel, and every reader, casting all hope on God's gracious initiative.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jer 3:22–23Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
- Ps 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Ps 80:3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 44:3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
- Ps 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
- Ps 27:9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- Ps 31:16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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