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Turn us, God of our salvation, And cause your indignation toward us to cease.
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The Proper Order of Prayer
Commentators like Albert Barnes and John Calvin highlight a crucial sequence in this prayer. The plea is not simply for God to stop being angry, but for Him to first 'turn us'—to bring about repentance in His people. This teaches that addressing the root cause of our separation from God (sin) is the necessary first step before we can experience the relief of His restored favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Turn us, O God of our salvation - The God from whom salvation must come, and on whom we are dependent for it. The prayer here is, <…
19th Century
Anglican
Turn us. —Here equivalent to restore us once more. If, the poet felt, the captivity had taught its lesson, why, on the re…
Baptist
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
"You have done all this for your people; now do this for…
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16th Century
Protestant
Turn us, O God of our salvation! The faithful now make a practical application to themselves, in their present circumstances, of what they…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Turn us, O God of our salvation Who appointed it in his purposes, contrived it in council, secured it in covenant, a…
The sense of present afflictions should not remove the remembrance of former mercies. The favor of God is the fountain of happiness to nations, as …
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