Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Parallel translations
- WEB Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
- KJV Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- NKJV Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
- NASB ¶Restore us, God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
- NLT Now restore us again, O God of our salvation. Put aside your anger against us once more.
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Quick answer
The psalmist prays for God to restore (turn) His people and to cease His present indignation. Genuine renewal requires God's own initiative.
Overview
Having recalled past mercy, the prayer now pleads for present restoration, asking God Himself to 'turn us' rather than relying on human effort. This acknowledges that repentance and revival are gifts of grace. It anticipates the New Testament truth that God grants both the turning of the heart and the removal of condemnation through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 80:3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Lam 5:21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
- Ps 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Ps 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Mic 7:18–20Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Ps 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Ps 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Mal 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
- Dan 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
- Jer 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- Ps 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
- Isa 10:25For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
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