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Psalms 85:4

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

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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