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Psalms 85:4

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turn us: The Israelites were not restored from their captivity all at once. A few returned with Zerubbabel, some more with Ezra and Nehemiah; but a great number still remained in Babylonia, Media, Assyria, etc.; and therefore the Psalmist prays for a complete restoration. Psalms 80:3, Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:19; Jeremiah 31:18; Lamentations 5:21; Malachi 4:6

O God: Psalms 25:2, Psalms 27:1; Micah 7:7, Micah 7:18-20; John 4:22

cause: Psalms 78:38; Isaiah 10:25; Daniel 9:16

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