Psalms 80:19
in Psalms 80Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
KJV
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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This verse in Psalms 80
Commentary
11 notes on this verseTurn us again, O Lord God of Hosts. Here we have another advance in the title and the incommunicable name of Jehovah, the I AM is introduced. Faith's day grows brighter as the hours roll on; and her prayers grow more full and mighty. Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Even we who were so destroyed. No extremity is too great for the power of God. He is able to save at the last point, and that too by simply turning his smiling face upon his afflicted.
This site's exposition
the man at Your right hand
on Psalms 80:17-19
The prayer asks God's hand to rest on the man at His right hand, the son of man He raised up. The son of man is Israel addressed as one man, and some Christian readers hear the title Jesus took. The refrain returns a third time, and LORD is added.
This site's exposition
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts
The refrain is now full. God of verse 3 became God of Hosts in verse 7, and here the LORD God of Hosts is asked to restore His people. Henry said prayer for grace should grow more earnest, and Barnes called this line the burden of the psalm.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Let Your hand be upon the Man of Your right hand, and upon the Son of Man whom You have strengthened Yourself" [Psalm 80:17]. "And we depart not from You....You will quicken us, and Your Name we will invoke" [Psalm 80:18]. You shall be sweet to us, "You will quicken us." For aforetime we did love earth, not You: but You have mortified our members which are upon the earth. [Colossians 3:5] For the Old Testament, having earthly promises, seems to exhort that God should not be loved for nought, but that He should be loved because He gives something on earth. What do you love, so as not to love God? Tell me. Love, if you can, anything which He has not made. Look round upon the whole creation, see whether in any place you are held with the birdlime of desire, and hindered from loving the Creator, except it be by that very thing which He has Himself created, whom you despise. But why do you love those things, except because they are beautiful? Can they be as beautiful as He by whom they were made? You admire these things, because you see not Him: but through those things which you admire, love Him whom you see not. Examine the creation; if of itself it is, stay therein: but if it is of Him, for no other reason is it prejudicial to a lover, than because it is preferred to the Creator. Why have I said this? With reference to this verse, brethren. Dead, I say, were they that did worship God that it might be well with them after the flesh: "For to be wise after the flesh is death:" [Romans 8:6] and dead are they that do not worship God gratis, that is, because of Himself He is good, not because He gives such and such good things, which He gives even to men not good. Money will you have of God? Even a robber has it. Wife, abundance of children, soundness of body, the world's dignity, observe how many evil men have. Is this all for the sake of which thou dost worship Him? […]
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O L ORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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19 Turn us again, O L ORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. The psalmist is here presenting his suit for the Israel of God, and pressing it home at the throne of grace, pleading with God for mercy and grace for them. The church is here represented as a vine (
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, O Lord (Jehovah) God of hosts! When we come to God for his grace, his good-will towards us and his good work in us, we should pray earnestly, continue instant in prayer, and pray more earnestly.
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Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts. Here we have another advance in the title and the incommunicable name of Jehovah, the I AM is introduced. Faith's day grows brighter as the hours roll on; and her prayers grow more full and mighty. Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Even we who were so destroyed. No extremity is too great for the power of God. He is able to save at the last point, and that too by simply turning his smiling face upon his afflicted. Men can do little with their arm, but God can do all things with a glance. Oh, to live for ever in the light of Jehovah's countenance.
Turn as again - Redeem us from this captivity. O Lord God of hosts - Thou who hast all power in heaven and earth, the innumerable hosts of both worlds being at thy command. Cause thy face to shine - Let us know that thou art reconciled to us. Let us once more enjoy thy approbation. Smile upon thy poor rebels, weary of their sins, and prostrate at thy feet, imploring mercy. And we shall be saved - From the power and oppression of the Chaldeans, from the guilt and condemnation of our sins, and from thy wrath and everlasting displeasure. Thus, O God, save Us!
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts ... - See Psa 80:3, note; Psa 80:7, note; Psa 80:14, note. This is the sum and the burden of the psalm. The repetition of the prayer shows the earnestness of the people, and their conviction that their only hope in their troubles was that God would interpose and bring them back again; that he would be favorable to them, and lift upon them the light of his countenance. So with all. In our backslidings, our afflictions, and our troubles, our only hope is that God will bring us back to himself; our proper place is at the throne of mercy; our pleadings should be urgent, earnest, and constant, that he will interpose and have mercy on us; our solemn purpose - our expressed and recorded pledge - should be that if we are restored to God, we will wander no more. But, alas! how much easier it is to say this than to do it; how much easier to promise than to perform; how much easier to pledge ourselves when we are in affliction that if the troubles are removed we will be faithful, than it is to carry out such a purpose when the days of prosperity return, and we are again surrounded by the blessings of health and of peace. If all people - even good people - kept the vows which they make, the world would be comparatively a pure and happy world; if the church itself would only carry out its own solemn pledges, it would indeed arise and shine, and the world would soon be filled with light and salvation.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְה֘וָ֤ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ʾelohim | God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| צְבָא֣וֹת | tzevaot | hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּ | hashivenu | restore us | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| הָאֵ֥ר | haer | make shine | H215 → | 43 times |
| פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ | paneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃ | venivasheah | so let us be delivered | H3467 → | 206 times |
יְה֘וָ֤הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהִ֣יםGod of
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
צְבָא֣וֹתhosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּrestore us
hashivenuH7725 →1056 times
הָאֵ֥רmake shine
haerH215 →43 times
פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָface your
paneikhaH6440 →2123 times
וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃so let us be delivered
venivasheahH3467 →206 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
it leads to
- Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalms 65:4
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Psalms 84:4
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
- Psalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 26:8
Through
Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:7–8
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Deuteronomy 7:7–8
Through
Psalms 80:3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
it leads to
- Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
- Lamentations 5:21
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alexander Maclaren, The Psalms, Expositor's Bible; Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 80; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 4; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.