Psalms 80:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִפְנֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם ׀ וּבִנְיָ֘מִ֤ן וּמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה עוֹרְרָ֥ה אֶת־גְּבֽוּרָתֶ֑ךָ וּלְכָ֖ה לִישֻׁעָ֣תָה לָּֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

Before ʾeprayim and binyāmin and mənaššeh ʿôrərâ ʾet-gəbûrātekā and ləkâ for yəšuʿātâ to us

Grammar Details

*ʾeprayim*: proper noun - 'Ephraim'
*binyāmin*: proper noun - 'Benjamin'
*mənaššeh*: proper noun - 'Manasseh'
*ʿôrərâ*: verb, polel imperative, masculine singular - 'stir up/awaken'
*gəbûrātekā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your might/strength'
*ləkâ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'to you/for you/come'
*yəšuʿātâ*: noun, feminine singular - 'salvation/deliverance'

Word Meanings

*ʿôrərâ*: stir up/awaken/rouse
*gəbûrātekā*: your might/strength/power
*ləkâ*: to you/for you/come
*yəšuʿātâ*: salvation/deliverance/rescue

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Lam 5:21 : 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
Ps 4:6 : 6 Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:19 : 19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 67:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; {H5542}
Num 6:25-26 : 25 Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
1 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
Ps 60:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Ps 80:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
Ps 119:135 : 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
Jer 31:18-19 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

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