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Psalm 80

Psa. 80:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So will not we go back
cuwg (Hebrew #5472)
properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
KJV usage: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Pronounce: soog
Origin: a primitive root
from thee: quicken
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
c us, and we will call
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
upon thy name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
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So will.
quicken.
Psa. 85:6• 6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa. 85:6)
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Psa. 119:25,37,40,107,154,156• 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
107I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
154Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy *word.
156Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
(Psa. 119:25,37,40,107,154,156)
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Song of Sol. 1:4• 4Draw me, we will run after thee!--The king hath brought me into his chambers--We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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Phil. 2:12‑13• 12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
13for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure.
(Phil. 2:12‑13)
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Eph. 2:1‑5• 1and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins--
2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
3among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
4but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
(Eph. 2:1‑5)
 It is more than the prayer which cries in trial. It is the heart confidingly calling on God, as turned again to Him. The prophetic scene is clearly the restoration of Israel. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 78-80 by J.N. Darby)
 When brought into blessing through Christ, the people will not go back from Jehovah. (Psalms 80 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.