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Psalms 85:4

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 85:5.

שׁ֭וּבֵנוּshuvenvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּyishenvsafetyיֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “safety”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3468liberty, deliverance, prosperitysafety, salvation, saving.וְהָפֵ֖רvehaferand breakפָּרַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and break”, a commandH6565to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate[idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.כַּֽעַסְךָ֣kaaskhaangerכַּעַסnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.עִמָּֽנוּimanvwithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(85-5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine indignation toward us to cease.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Young’s Literal Translation

Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.

World English Bible

Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

Darby Translation

Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Douay-Rheims

Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(85-5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine indignation toward us to cease.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and turn thine anger away from us.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς τῶν σωτηρίων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον τὸν θυμόν σου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν.