American Standard Version
Psalms 80:3
3Turn us again, O God;And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- New International Version (NIV)Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!
Context of Psalms 80:3
1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth. 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:3 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֥ים הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּ וְהָאֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 80:3
- Psalms 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
- Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
- 1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
- Lamentations 5:21Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
- Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.
- Psalms 4:6Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Psalms 67:1God be merciful unto us, and bless us, And cause his face to shine upon us; [Selah
- Psalms 119:135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
- Numbers 6:25Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Commentaries on Psalms 80:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Turn us again - השיבנו hashibenu, convert or restore us. There are four parts in this Psalm, three of which end with the above words; see the third, seventh, and nineteenth verses; and one with words similar, Psalm 80:14.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Turn us again - This phrase in our translation would seem to mean, “Turn us again from our sins,” or, “Bring us back to our duty, and to thy love;” and this idea is commonly attached to the phrase probably by the readers of the Bible. But this, though in itself an appropriate prayer, is not the idea here. It is simply, Bring us back; cause us to return; restore us. The idea thus suggested would be either (a) restore us to our former state of prosperity…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3This verse is repeated (with a growing intensity) in Psalm 80:7 and 19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Turn us--that is, from captivity. thy face to shine--(Nu 6:25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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