Psalm 80 has a beautiful, reoccurring refrain which comes with slight variations in verses 3, 7 and 19.
The one common thread in these refrains is the phrase “make your face to shine upon us.”
You will immediately recall that this is drawn from that famous Aaronic prayer of blessing found in Numbers 6:24-26: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” The incarnation is that great knot which ties heaven and earth together. It is in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate One, that we truly and definitively see the “face of God” shining upon us.
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