Psalm 80
This is another psalm of Asaph. He is calling on God to come and save them. God had given Israel His law, but she had repeatedly failed to trust the Lord preferring to turn to idols and other nations. Now she was in a real mess. We can all probably identify with this. We think we can manage without God but then find ourselves in deep trouble. We need God to restore us, for His face to shine upon us, to bring an end to the days when He seems to be against us.
Then from v8 the psalmist remembers what God had done in the past. He rescued them from Egypt and drove out nations so that they could possess the Promised Land. God had raised up Israel for Himself, we too have been saved for Christ’s sake. We need God to revive us, to restore us.
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