Psalms 80
King James Version (KJV) · English
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Commentary — not Bible text
Psalms 80:1-2
PSALM 80
Psa 80:1-19. Shoshannim--"Lilies" (see on Psa 45:1, title). Eduth--Testimony, referring to the topic as a testimony of God to His people (compare Psa 19:7). This Psalm probably relates to the captivity of the ten tribes, as the former to that of Judah. Its complaint is aggravated by the contrast of former prosperity, and the prayer for relief occurs as a refrain through the Psalm.
1-2. Joseph--for Ephraim (1Ch 7:20-29; Psa 78:67; Re 7:8), for Israel.
Shepherd--(Compare Ge 49:24).
leadest, &c.--(Psa 77:20).
dwellest ... cherubim--(Ex 25:20); the place of God's visible glory, whence He communed with the people (He 9:5).
Psalms 80:3
3. Turn us--that is, from captivity.
thy face to shine--(Nu 6:25).
Psalms 80:4
4. be angry--(Compare Margin.)
Psalms 80:5
5. bread of tears--still an Eastern figure for affliction.
Psalms 80:6
Psalms 80:8-11
8-11. brought--or, "plucked up," as by roots, to be replanted.
a vine--(Psa 78:47). The figure (Is 16:8) represents the flourishing state of Israel, as predicted (Ge 28:14), and verified (1Ki 4:20-25).
Psalms 80:12
12. hedges--(Is 5:5).
Psalms 80:13
13. The boar--may represent the ravaging Assyrian and
the wild beast--other heathen.
Psalms 80:14-15
14-15. visit this vine--favorably (Psa 8:4).
Psalms 80:16
16. it--the "vine" or
they--the "people" are suffering from Thy displeasure.
Psalms 80:17
Psalms 80:18
Psalms 80:19
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