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

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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. Psa 80:3,7,19; Jer 31:18; Lam 5:21; Mal 4:6
O God		Psa 25:2; Psa 27:1; Mic 7:7,18-20; Jhn 4:22
cause		Psa 78:38; Isa 10:25; Dan 9:16

Correlating Passages

Turn us

	Psa 80:3	Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
	Psa 80:7	Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
	Psa 80:19	Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
	Jer 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.
	Lam 5:21	Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
	Mal 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.

O God

	Psa 25:2	O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
	Psa 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?
	Mic 7:7	Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
	Mic 7:18	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.
	Mic 7:19	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.
	Mic 7:20	Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
	Jhn 4:22	Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

cause

	Psa 78:38	But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
	Isa 10:25	For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
	Dan 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 85:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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