Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 85:4

"Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease." — Psalms 85:4 (ASV)

Turn us. —Here equivalent to restore us once more. If, the poet felt, the captivity had taught its lesson, why, on the restoration, did not complete freedom from misfortune ensue? It is this which supplies the motive of his song.