Psalm 85:4

Translations

Modern

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Traditional

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

Literal

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and Your anger toward us cause to cease!

Latin

Converte nos, Deus salutaris noster, et averte iram tuam a nobis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Notes

Psalms 85:1–5

Though the psalmist gratefully acknowledges God’s goodness, he also asks God whether his wrath will last forever.

Psalms 85:1–13

The psalmist leads the community that returned from exile in a lament and a prayer for complete restoration:

He remembers how God rescued Israel from exile (Psalm 85:1–3),
asks for clearer signs of God’s goodness, and
leads the people in prayer for full renewal (Psalm 85:4–7).

God answers with a message of peace (Psalm 85:8–9). The psalm ends with a poetic description of the greatness of God’s salvation (85:10–13).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Anger

Related verses

Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Psalm 80:3
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:7
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Micah 7:18–20
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Psalm 80:19
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 27:1
Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Psalm 25:2
…in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Malachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
Psalm 78:38
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Glossary

Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of Savior

Topics

Backsliding: Pray to be Restored From Conversion: Pray For Intercession: Additional Instances of Korah, for the Congregation Nation: Prayer For Patriotism: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer Under Affliction: That we May be Turned to God

Psalm 85:4

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