Psalms 80:7
in Psalms 80Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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ASV
Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
KJV
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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This verse in Psalms 80
Commentary
7 notes on this verseTurn us again, O God of hosts,.... The same with Psa 80:3, only instead of God there, here it is "the God of hosts"; the repetition of these words shows what was uppermost on the minds of God's people; what they were longing for, and most desirous of, namely, the light of God's countenance.
This site's exposition
how long will Your anger smolder
on Psalms 80:4-7
The anger is measured against the prayers of the people, while the neighbors fight and the enemies mock. The bread of tears stands where the grain from heaven stood at Psalm 78:24. Verse 7 repeats the refrain and adds God of Hosts.
This site's exposition
Restore us, O God of Hosts
The refrain of verse 3 returns with one addition, the God of Hosts. Albert Barnes heard deeper earnestness in it, an appeal to the leader of armies who is able to save. Charles Spurgeon said the prayer rises as it names him.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
A commentator
Augustine of HippoTractates on the Gospel of John, Tractate 53 · Written before 430.
proposed
For conversion itself is likewise a gift of His grace, as when it is said to Him, "Turn us, O God of Hosts." Or may it be that we are to understand this also as actually taking place through the merciful experience of the divine method of healing, [namely this,] that, being of proud and perverse wills, and wishing to establish their own righteousness, they were left alone for the very purpose of being blinded; and thus blinded in order that they might stumble on the stone of stumbling, and have their faces filled with shame; and so, being thus humbled, might seek the name of the Lord, and no longer a righteousness of their own, that inflated their pride, but the righteousness of God, that justifieth the ungodly? For this very way turned out to the good of many of them, who were afterwards filled with remorse for wickedness, and believed on Christ; and on whose behalf He Himself had put up the prayer, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And it is of that ignorance of theirs also that the apostle says, "I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge:" for he then goes on also to add, "For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
"And our enemies have sneered at us." And where are they that sneered? For a long while it was said, Who are they that worship the Dead One, that adore the Crucified? For a long while so it was said. Where is the nose of them that sneered? Now do not they that censure flee into caves, that they may not be seen? But ye see what followeth: "O Lord God of virtues, convert us, and show Thy face, and we shall be whole" (ver. 7).
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
"Turn us again, O God of hosts." The prayer rises in the form of its address to God. He is here the God of Hosts. The more we approach the Lord in prayer and contemplation the higher will our ideas of him become.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Turn us again, O God of hosts ... - This verse is the same as Psa 80:3, except that here the appeal is to the “God of hosts;” there, it is simply to “God.” This indicates greater earnestness; a deeper sense of the need of the interposition of God, indicated by the reference to his attribute as the leader of hosts or armies, and therefore able to save them.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ʾelohim | O God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| צְבָא֣וֹת | tzevaot | hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּ | hashivenu | restore us | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְהָאֵ֥ר | vehaer | and make shine | H215 → | 43 times |
| פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ | paneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃ | venivasheah | so let us be delivered | H3467 → | 206 times |
אֱלֹהִ֣יםO God of
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
צְבָא֣וֹתhosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּrestore us
hashivenuH7725 →1056 times
וְהָאֵ֥רand make shine
vehaerH215 →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 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Ephesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 11:19
Through
Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
it leads to
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- James 4:8
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,
- Numbers 6:25–26
may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
- Lamentations 5:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on 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); Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John, Tractate 53; Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 80; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.