Psalms Chapter 85 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 85:4

Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
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BBE Psalms 85:4

Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.
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DARBY Psalms 85:4

Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
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KJV Psalms 85:4

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
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WBT Psalms 85:4

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thy anger.
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WEB Psalms 85:4

Turn us, God of our salvation, And cause your indignation toward us to cease.
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YLT Psalms 85:4

Turn back `to' us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 4-7. - The prayer. Two things are prayed for - first, that God will turn the hearts of his people wholly towards himself (ver. 4); and secondly, that he will complete his work of deliverance by removing the traces, that still exist, of his past anger (vers. 5-7). Israel is still in a state of great distress and weakness, suffering from the natural consequences of its sins, which keep it depressed and sad. Verse 4. - Turn us, O God of our salvation. Thou art turned to us (ver. 1); let us also be turned to thee. We cannot turn of our own mere wish to turn; we need thy helping grace (comp. Psalm 80:3, 7, 19). And cause thine anger toward us to cease. Verbally, this contradicts ver. 3, whence it has been supposed by some to come from the mouth of another speaker. But really there is no contradiction, if we understand, both here and in the next verse, by God's anger, the effects of his anger, which were still continuing (comp. Ezra 3:12, 13; Ezra 4:4-24; Ezra 9:2-15; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 4:1-22; Nehemiah 5:1-19).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Turn us.--Here equivalent to restore us once more. If, the poet felt, the captivity had taught its lesson, why, on the restoration, did not complete freedom from misfortune ensue? It is this which supplies the motive of his song.