"O YAHWEH of hosts, how long will YOUR anger burn against the prayers of YOUR people?
YOU have fed them with the bread of woe and have given them tears to drink in their sorrow.
YOU have made us the scorn of our neighbors and the laughingstock of our oppressors.
Restore us, O GOD of hosts; make YOUR face shine upon us, that we may be saved."
- Psalm 80:5-8
(The psalmist dares to ask 'why'? The prophet Amos could provide the answer: thirty years before this time, HE had scourged the luxury and oppression of the ruling classes [Amos 6:4-7]. But we have to sympathize with the psalmist. He has learnt the lesson that to brood over sins committed is a worthless exercise.
The shining face of GOD is remembered in John 14:9 and in Hebrews 1:3; also, in the Gospels at the time of the transfiguration [cf. Matthew 17:2; cf. 2 Corinthians 4:6]. The gaze of GOD saves, also in our present time.)
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