New King James Version
Psalms 85:4
4Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger 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 Living Translation (NLT)Now restore us again, O God of our salvation. Put aside your anger against us once more.
Context of Psalms 85:4
2You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah 3You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. 5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? 6Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
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שׁ֭וּבֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ וְהָפֵ֖ר כַּֽעַסְךָ֣ עִמָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 85:4
- Psalms 80:3Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!
- Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God.
- Lamentations 5:21Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
- Malachi 4:6And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
- Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Micah 7:7Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
- John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
- Psalms 78:38But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;
- Isaiah 10:25For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.”
- Daniel 9:16“O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around 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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