Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Turn us to Thyself, O Lord, is a prayer asking God to bring His people back to Himself, with the assured result that they are turned and do return. It further asks Him to restore His people and make their days as in former times, the Hebrew word chadash carrying the sense of renewing. The prayer joins repentance with dependence on God, for while He commands repentance He here promises to bring about the turning Himself.
In the covenant of grace God performs both His own part and His people's part, giving a spirit of prayer and a new heart to obey. The verse is therefore to be used in submission to God's will in praying for holiness and sanctification in agreement with His will, joining precept, promise, and prayer together to aid the soul in spiritual duty. It is the plea belonging to mourners seeking mercy from God amid sin, impending judgment, and the ruin of the world and Zion.
Turn us to Thyself, O Lord, is a prayer asking God to bring His people back to Himself, with the assured result that they are turned and do return. It further asks Him to restore His people and make their days as in former times, the Hebrew word chadash carrying the sense of renewing. The prayer joins repentance with dependence on God, for while He commands repentance He here promises to bring about the turning Himself.
In the covenant of grace God performs both His own part and His people's part, giving a spirit of prayer and a new heart to obey. The verse is therefore to be used in submission to God's will in praying for holiness and sanctification in agreement with His will, joining precept, promise, and prayer together to aid the soul in spiritual duty. It is the plea belonging to mourners seeking mercy from God amid sin, impending judgment, and the ruin of the world and Zion.