Psalms 85 · Verse 4

Psalms 85:4

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

Psalms 85:4 in other translations

BSBRestore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
WEBTurn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
ASVTurn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
YLTTurn back to us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
DARBYBring us back, OGod of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
BBECome back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.
WebsterTurn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy anger towards us to cease.

What does Psalms 85:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 85:4-7
4-7. having still occasion for the anger which is deprecated.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation - Thou hast turned our captivity; now convert our souls. And they find a reason for their prayer in an attribute of their God; the God of their salvation. And as his work was to save, they beg that his anger towards them might cease. The Israelites were not restored from their captivity all at once. A few returned with Zerubbabel; some more with Ezra and Nehemiah; but a great number still remained in Babylonia, Media, Assyria, Egypt, and other parts. The request of the psalmist is, to have a complete restoration of all the Israelites from all places of their dispersion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 85:1-7

The sense of present afflictions should not do away the remembrance of former mercies. The favour of God is the fountain of happiness to nations, as well as to particular persons. When God forgives sin, he covers it; and when he covers the sin of his people, he covers it all. See what the pardon of sin is. In compassion to us, when Christ our Intercessor has stood before thee, thou hast turned away thine anger. When…

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Psalms 85:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שׁ֭וּבֵנוּShu.ve.nurestore usH7725
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiO God ofH430
יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּyish.'E.nusalvation ourH3468
וְהָפֵ֖רve.ha.Ferand breakH6565
כַּֽעַסְךָ֣ka.'as.Khaanger yourH3708
עִמָּֽנוּ\׃'i.Ma.nuwith usH5973

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Cross references for Psalms 85:4

  • Lamentations 5:21

    Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

  • Psalms 80:3

    Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  • Psalms 80:7

    Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Malachi 4:6

    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  • Psalms 27:1

    A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

  • Psalms 80:19

    Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  • Micah 7:18-20

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  • Psalms 25:2

    O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

  • Daniel 9:16

    O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

  • Isaiah 10:25

    For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turn us.The Israelites were not restored from their captivity all at once: a few returned with Zerubbabel, some more with Ezra and Nehemiah; but a great number still remained in Babylonia, Media, Assyria, etc.; and therefore the Psalmist prays for a complete restoration.
80:3,7,19; Jer 31:18; La 5:21; Mal 4:6
O God.
25:2; 27:1; Mic 7:7,18-20; Joh 4:22
cause.
78:38; Isa 10:25; Da 9:16

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Context

  • Psalms 85:3

    Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

  • Psalms 85:4

    Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

  • Psalms 85:5

    Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

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Psalms 85:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vuélvenos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, y haz cesar tu ira de sobre nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu as retiré tout ton courroux, tu es revenu de l’ardeur de ta colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Führe uns zurück, Gott unseres Heils, und mache deinem Unwillen gegen uns ein Ende!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		lætifica animam servi tui, quoniam ad te, Domine, animam meam levavi.