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Psalm 80:19

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

17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
19Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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“Turn us again” is a plea for God to restore his people, with their hope of rescue resting on his face shining toward them.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Numbers 6:25The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.God’s shining face links the blessing in Numbers with the plea for rescue in this psalm.
Psalm 4:6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.Both prayers ask for God’s face to shine on his people as they look to him for help.
Psalm 80:3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.The same plea for restoration and salvation returns at the psalm’s close, now addressing God as LORD God of Armies.
Jeremiah 3:22–23Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.Both passages concern returning to the LORD, with Jeremiah recording his promise to heal and the people’s response.
Lamentations 5:21Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.Both prayers ask the LORD to turn his people back, depending on him for restoration.
Psalm 67:1For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.Both psalms ask God to cause his face to shine on his people, seeking his favor together.
Psalm 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to …Both prayers turn toward the LORD himself, though one seeks rescue and the other asks to dwell in his house.
Daniel 9:17“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the …Daniel and the psalm both plead for God’s face to shine where his restoring help is needed.
Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the …Ephraim’s plea and the psalm’s refrain both ask God to bring about the turning they need.
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Encouragement

The psalm ends with a plea still on its lips. Its confidence rests in YHWH God of Armies, whose favor is his people's hope of rescue.

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