“Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.”
A refrain request is introduced: "Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!" The invocation of God's face shining forth—a symbol of divine favor and blessing—is connected to restoration and salvation. The refrain structure (which repeats at vv. 7 and 19) suggests this is a liturgical psalm used in worship services addressing national crisis.
Church Fathers on Psalms 80:3
1. ...If perchance things obscure demand the office of an interpreter, those things which are evident ought to require of me the office of a reader. The song here is of the Advent of the Lord and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His vineyard. But the singer of the song is that Asaph, as far as does appear, enlightened and converted, by whose name ye know the synagogue to be signified. Lastly, the title of the Psalm is: “For the end in behalf of them that shall be changed;”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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