Psalm 80:1, 3, 7 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock, thou that dwellest between the cherubim’s, shine forth….Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we will be saved….Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we will be saved.
Asaph recognizes that they in trouble again, and it is their own fault. Yet he repents for the people and prays to the Lord to save them. In dire straits surrounded by enemies, he asks God to bring about genuine repentance (turn us again), to bring His Presence to bear (cause his face to shine), and to save them. He trusted the goodness and strength of the Good Shepherd to care for and protect him and the sheep of His pasture.
When life gets difficult and spiritual enemies threaten us, we turn to the Lord to turn us again in repentance and faith and come and save us. And just as the Lord Jesus came among us to save us once before, so He will come again and again to dwell among us and deliver. Thus we respond to trouble and to the promise with daily repentance and faith in the Gospel.