Psalms 85:4

Overview - Psalms 85
The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for the continuance thereof.
He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness.
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Psalms 85:4  (King James Version)
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
 


turn us
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, Assyria, etc.; and therefore the Psalmist prays for a complete restoration.
Psalms 80:3 Psalms 80:7 Psalms 80:19 Jeremiah 31:18 ; Lamentations 5:21 ; Malachi 4:6

O God
25:2 27:1 Micah 7:7 Micah 7:18-20 ; John 4:22

cause
78:38 Isaiah 10:25 ; Daniel 9:16