2022 Day 230 – Jeremiah 38-40; Psalms 74, 79
The words we have recorded as Psalm 80 in our Bibles are thought to have been written during the Babylonian captivity or possibly during some other time of serious distress of God’s people. Whatever the time, it is obvious the Psalmist desired the saving power that could only come from one source. “Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!” (Psalms 80:3) Twice more in this same chapter these words are repeated with slight additions. “Restore us,…