4. Turn us, O God of our salvation. This was
the main business. Could the erring tribes be rendered penitent, all would be
well. It is not that God needs turning from his anger so much as that we need
turning from our sin; here is the hinge of the whole matter. Our trials
frequently arise out of our sins, but only God can turn us. When someone learns
to pray for conversion there is hope for him: he who turns to prayer is
beginning to turn from sin. It is a very blessed sight to see a whole people
turn unto their God; may the Lord so send forth his converting grace on our
land that we may live to see the people flocking to the loving worship of God. And cause thine anger toward us to cease. When sinners cease to rebel, the Lord
ceases to be angry with them; when they return to him he returns to them;
indeed, he is first in the reconciliation, and turns them when otherwise they
would never turn of themselves.
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