Psalm - 80:7



7 Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 80:7.

Differing Translations

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O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; And our enemies mock as they please.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Turn us again, O God of hosts - This verse is the same as Psalm 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.

(f) Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
(f) Because recompence only comes from God, they most instantly and repeatedly call on God for it is a means by which they shall be saved.

Turn us again, O God of hosts,.... The same with Psalm 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.

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