Restore Us Again, God of Our Salvation

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1. Observe

   What has God already done according to verses 1-3?

   • Nothing
   • Been favorable to the land, restored Jacob's fortunes, forgiven the iniquity of his people, covered all their sin, taken away all his wrath, turned from the fierceness of his anger
   • Only physical restoration
   • Only future promises

2. Observe

   What four divine attributes appear in verses 10-11, and how do they relate?

   • Wrath, judgment, anger, vengeance — opposing each other
   • Loving kindness, truth, righteousness, peace — meeting and kissing each other; truth springs from earth, righteousness looks down from heaven
   • Only love
   • None

3. Interpret

   What does it mean for justice/truth and mercy/peace to "meet" and "kiss"?

   • That they are identical
   • That one cancels the other
   • That the apparent tension between God's truth (which must judge sin) and his loving kindness (which would forgive) is resolved by God himself in an act where both are fully honored; this is realized definitively at the cross, where righteousness against sin and mercy toward sinners meet — sin is judged and sinners are saved in the same act; the kissing image is intimate union, not compromise
   • That they remain forever apart

4. Interpret

   What does the posture of listening (v. 8) suggest about prayer's rhythm?

   • That prayer is one-directional
   • That listening is forbidden
   • That prayer is dialogue, not monologue — the believer speaks AND stops to hear what God will speak; without the listening pause, prayer becomes mere expression of need with no reception of response; the discipline of falling silent after petition, expecting God to speak through Scripture, conscience, providence, or the Spirit's whisper, is essential to mature prayer
   • That God never speaks

5. Apply

   What would revival as "rejoicing in God" look like in life or community now?

   • Larger crowds or better programs
   • Emotional excitement alone
   • The actual experience of God himself as the source of joy — not circumstances improved, not anxiety relieved, not church grown, but God known and enjoyed; this manifests as deeper worship, fresh love for Scripture, increased prayer, mended relationships, holiness pursued not from guilt but from gladness, and the irresistible spillover of joy in God to others; revival is fundamentally relational before it is statistical
   • New buildings

6. Apply

   What areas of recurring "folly" (v. 8) need addressing?

   • Recurring folly does not exist
   • Folly should be embraced
   • The cycles of sin that the believer keeps falling into — particular temptations, recurring relational failures, habits that resurface after each repentance — that signal the need for deeper transformation, accountability, removal of triggers, or honest assessment of root causes; the psalm warns that God's restoration cannot be a license to resume the patterns that broke things in the first place; restoration calls for repentance that actually changes the behavior
   • Address them only once

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