Bible Commentaries
Introduction
| 1 | The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church. | | 8 | God's former favours are turned into judgments. | | 14 | He prays for deliverance. |
Verse 1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
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- A. M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Shoshannim-Eduth
- 45:1; 60:1; 69:1; *titles
- A Psalm
- This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity; but some think it refers to the desolations made by Sennacherib.
- of Asaph
- or, for Asaph.
- Give ear
- 5:1; 55:1
- O Shepherd
- 23:1,2; Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:23; John 10:14; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4
- leadest
- 77:20; 78:52; Isaiah 49:9,10; 63:11; John 10:3,4
- dwellest
- 99:1; Exodus 25:20-22; 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 6:2; 2 Kings 19:15; Ezekiel 1:13; 10:4
- shine
- 3,7,19; 50:2; 94:1; Deuteronomy 33:2; Job 10:3; Isaiah 60:1; Ezekiel 43:2; Daniel 9:17; Revelation 21:23
Verse 2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
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- Before
- These three tribes, in the wilderness, marched immediately after the ark and cherubim, by Divine appointment, to which this appears to be an allusion.
- Numbers 2:18-24; 10:22-24
- stir up
- 35:23; 44:23-26; 78:38; Isaiah 42:13,14
- come and save us
- Heb. come for salvation to us.
- Isaiah 25:9; 33:22
Verse 3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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- Turn us
- 7,19; 85:4; 1 Kings 18:37; Jeremiah 31:18,19; Lamentations 5:21
- cause
- 1; 4:6; 67:1; 119:135; Numbers 6:25,26
Verse 4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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- how long
- 85:5; Isaiah 58:2,3,6-9; Lamentations 3:44; Matthew 15:22-28; Luke 18:1-8
- be angry
- Heb. smoke.
- 74:1; Deuteronomy 29:20
Verse 5
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
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- 42:3; 102:9; Job 6:7; Isaiah 30:20; Ezekiel 4:16,17
Verse 6
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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- Thou
- Jeremiah 15:10
- our enemies
- 44:13,14; 79:4; Judges 16:25; Isaiah 36:8,12-20; 37:23; Jeremiah 48:27; Ezekiel 36:4; Revelation 11:10
Verse 7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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- Turn
- 3,19; 51:10; Luke 1:16
- we shall
- Isaiah 30:15; 64:5; Jeremiah 4:14; Mark 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:25,26
Verse 8
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
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- a vine
- Isaiah 5:1-7; 27:2,3; Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 15:6; 17:6; 19:10; Matthew 21:33-41; John 15:1-8
- thou hast cast
- 44:2; 78:55; Jeremiah 18:9,10; This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.
Verse 9
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
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- preparedst
- 105:44; Exodus 23:28-30; Joshua 23:13-15; 24:12; Nehemiah 9:22-25
- to take
- Isaiah 27:6; 37:31; Jeremiah 12:2
- and it
- 1 Kings 4:20,25; 1 Chronicles 21:5; 27:23,24
Verse 10
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
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- goodly cedars
- Heb. cedars of God.
- 104:16
Verse 11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
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- 72:8; Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31; 1 Kings 4:21,24; 1 Chronicles 18:3
Verse 12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
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- broken
- 89:40,41; Isaiah 5:5; 18:5,6; Nahum 2:2; Luke 20:16
Verse 13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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- The boar
- This wild boar, chazir, is the parent stock of our domestic hog. He is much smaller, but stronger, and more undaunted, colour, an iron grey inclining to black; snout, longer than that of the common breed: ears comparatively short; tusks, very formidable; and habits, fierce and savage. He is particularly destructive to corn-fields and vineyards.
- 2 Kings 18:1-19; 24:1-25; 2 Chronicles 32:1-33; 36:1-23; Jeremiah 4:7; 39:1-3; Jeremiah 51:34; 52:7,12-14
Verse 14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
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- Return
- 7:7; 90:13; Isaiah 63:15,17; Joel 2:14; Malachi 3:7; Acts 15:16
- look down
- 33:13; Isaiah 63:15; Lamentations 3:50; Daniel 9:16-19
Verse 15
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
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- vineyard
- 8; Isaiah 5:1,2; Jeremiah 2:21; Mark 12:1; John 15:1
- the branch
- Or, "the Son," ben, or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, ben adam, "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders makla mesheecha, "the King Messiah."
- 89:21; Isaiah 11:1; 49:5; Jeremiah 23:5,6; Ezekiel 17:22-24; Zechariah 3:8; 6:12
Verse 16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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- burned
- 79:5; Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 20:47,48; John 15:6
- perish
- 39:11; 76:6,7; 90:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
Verse 17
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
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- 15; 89:21; 110:1; Isaiah 53:5; Daniel 7:13,14; John 5:21-29
Verse 18
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
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- So will
- 79:13; John 6:66-69; Hebrews 10:38,39
- quicken
- 85:6; 119:25,37,40,107,154,156; Song of Solomon 1:4; Philippians 2:12,13; Ephesians 2:1-5
Verse 19
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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- Turn us
- 3,7; Jeremiah 3:22,23
- cause
- 1; 27:4,9; 31:16; 44:3
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 80:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/psalms-80.html.
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