American Standard Version
Psalms 85:4
4Turn us, O God of our salvation,And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Psalms 85:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- New International Version (NIV)Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
Context of Psalms 85:4
2Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. [Selah 3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease. 5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
Read all of Psalms 85Psalms 85:4 word by word
שׁ֭וּבֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ וְהָפֵ֖ר כַּֽעַסְךָ֣ עִמָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 85:4
- Psalms 80:3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
- 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.
- Malachi 4:6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 27:1Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- John 4:22Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- Psalms 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquity, and destroyedthemnot: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
- Isaiah 10:25For yet a very little while, and the indignation against thee shall be accomplished, and mine anger shall be directed to his destruction.
- Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.
Commentaries on Psalms 85:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Turn us, O God of our salvation - Thou hast turned our captivity; now convert our souls. And they find a reason for their prayer in an attribute of their God; the God of their salvation. And as his work was to save, they beg that his anger towards them might cease. The Israelites were not restored from their captivity all at once. A few returned with Zerubbabel; some more with Ezra and Nehemiah; but a great number still remained in Babylonia, Media…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Turn us, O God of our salvation - The God from whom salvation must come, and on whom we are dependent for it. The prayer here is, “turn us;” turn us from our sins; bring us to repentance; make us willing to forsake every evil way; and enable us to do it. This is the proper spirit always in prayer. The first thing is not that he would take away his wrath, but that he would dispose us to forsake our sins, and to turn to himself; that we may be led to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Though the psalmist gratefully acknowledges God’s goodness, he also asks God whether his wrath will last forever.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. having still occasion for the anger which is deprecated.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 85
- 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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