Psalm 85:3-4

You held back your fury.

    You kept back your blazing anger. 

Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.

    Put aside your anger against us once more.   

 

You held back your fury.

Psalm 78:38 

    Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins

        and did not destroy them all.

    Many times he held back his anger

        and did not unleash his fury!  (see all Psalm 78)

Psalm 106:23  

    So he declared he would destroy them.

        But Moses, his chosen one, 

            stepped between the LORD and the people.

        He begged him to turn from his anger 

            and not destroy them.  (see all Psalm 106)

Daniel 9:16  "In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors."  (see verses 1-23)

You kept back your blazing anger. 

Exodus 32:12  "Why let the Egyptians say, 'Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth'? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!"  (see all chapter 32)

Deuteronomy 13:17  "Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors."  (see all chapter 13)

Jonah 3:9  "Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us."  (see all chapter 3)

Now restore us again, 

Psalm 71:20  

    You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,

        but you will restore me to life again

        and lift me up from the depths of the earth.  (see all Psalm 71)

Psalm 80:19  

    Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.

        Make your face shine down on us.

        Only then will we be saved.  (see all Psalm 80)

Hosea 6:2  

    In just a short time he will restore us,

        so that we may live in his presence.  (see all chapter 6)

O God of our salvation. Put aside your anger against us once more. 

Psalm 65:5  

    You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds,

        O God our savior.

    You are the hope of everyone on earth,

        even those who sail on distant seas.  (see all Psalm 65)

Psalm 18:46  

    The LORD lives! Praise be my Rock!

        May the God of my salvation be exalted! (see verses 46-50)

Psalm 68:19  

    Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!

        For each day he carries us in his arms.  (see verses 17-20)

(parentheses are mine)

 

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