So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
The verse was prayed in the Assyrian crisis when Hezekiah carried Sennacherib's taunting letter into the temple, spread it before the Lord, and prayed with strong faith for help from heaven as a plea for deliverance. In the psalm it belongs to the repeated cry to be turned again and to be saved by the shining of God's face, joined to the plea for God to stir up His strength and come and save. It is joined to the plea for God to return and visit the vine He brought out of Egypt and planted. It is joined to the plea for His hand to be upon the man of His right hand, the son of man made strong for Himself.
To be quickened is to be given life again by God through revival, and the promise not to go back is a promise to remain faithful and steadfast, responding to that revival by continually calling on God's name. The prayer seeks Judah's deliverance from the enemy for the honor of God as the only God, because His honor was at stake and He alone could bring deliverance, so that all kingdoms of the earth may know that He lives and reigns, that the God of the Hebrews still lives and reigns and that He alone is Lord God. Such pleading on behalf of Judah and on behalf of the honor of their Supreme Ruler is in harmony with the mind of God. The verse gives language for hearts seeking to return to the Lord.
The verse was prayed in the Assyrian crisis when Hezekiah carried Sennacherib's taunting letter into the temple, spread it before the Lord, and prayed with strong faith for help from heaven as a plea for deliverance. In the psalm it belongs to the repeated cry to be turned again and to be saved by the shining of God's face, joined to the plea for God to stir up His strength and come and save. It is joined to the plea for God to return and visit the vine He brought out of Egypt and planted. It is joined to the plea for His hand to be upon the man of His right hand, the son of man made strong for Himself.
To be quickened is to be given life again by God through revival, and the promise not to go back is a promise to remain faithful and steadfast, responding to that revival by continually calling on God's name. The prayer seeks Judah's deliverance from the enemy for the honor of God as the only God, because His honor was at stake and He alone could bring deliverance, so that all kingdoms of the earth may know that He lives and reigns, that the God of the Hebrews still lives and reigns and that He alone is Lord God. Such pleading on behalf of Judah and on behalf of the honor of their Supreme Ruler is in harmony with the mind of God. The verse gives language for hearts seeking to return to the Lord.