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Psalm 80:3

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

1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
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“Turn us again” is a shared plea from people in tears, whose hope of rescue rests on God turning toward them with favor.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Lamentations 5:21Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.Both prayers ask God to turn his people again, looking to him for the restoration they need.
Numbers 6:25–26The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.God’s shining face links these passages, expressing favor through grace in Numbers and salvation in the psalm.
Psalm 85:4Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.Both address God as the source of salvation and ask him to turn his people.
Psalm 4:6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.Both prayers seek the light of God’s face, directing their longing for help toward him.
Psalm 80:7Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.The same plea for turning, God’s shining face, and salvation returns, now addressing him as God of Armies.
Psalm 80:19Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.The same plea returns with the fuller address LORD God of Armies, again linking salvation to his shining face.
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”Both prayers look to God as the one who turns his people back.
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 shared prayer both ask God to do the work of turning his people.
Joshua 10:42Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.Both concern Israel’s dependence on God for help, though Joshua describes victory and the psalm pleads for rescue.
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 …Both ask God to cause his face to shine, seeking his favor amid distress.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. grief. waiting.

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This prayer rises from tears, before rescue has come. Your distress need not be hidden when you ask for God’s favor; his people’s hope rests in his power to save.

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