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Psalms 85:3–4

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Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
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From verse 3

  1. Deuteronomy 13:17Rank 1 from verse 3
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    17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  2. Psalms 106:23Rank 2 from verse 3
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    23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

  3. Isaiah 12:1Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  4. Jonah 3:9Rank 4 from verse 3
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    9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  5. Isaiah 6:7Rank 5 from verse 3
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    7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

From verse 4

  1. Lamentations 5:21Rank 1 from verse 4
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    21Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

  2. Psalms 80:3Rank 2 from verse 4
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    3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  3. Psalms 80:7Rank 3 from verse 4
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    7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  4. Micah 7:7Rank 4 from verse 4
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    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  5. Jeremiah 31:18Rank 5 from verse 4
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    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.

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Psalms 85:3

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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COMBINED MEANING

fierceness

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Great intensity, violence, fury, or vehemence, especially of anger, wrath, rage, attack, or force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 85:4

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

cease

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To stop or leave off, to come to an end, or to cause something to stop or end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

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

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5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

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