KJV King James Version
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
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Psalm 85:6
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
WEB World English Bible
Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
ASV American Standard Version
Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 85
3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
9 Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
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Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.Psalm 80:18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.Psalm 90:14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Hosea 6:2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.Psalm 71:20[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.Psalm 53:6Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.Psalm 138:7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.Ezra 9:8-9And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.Ezra 3:11-13And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.Psalm 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
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