Psalms · 19 verses
Psalms 80
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A vine conquers mountains and mighty cedars, reaches the Sea and the River, and then finds itself at the mercy of a forest boar. Biblical horticulture has seldom been so grand, or so poorly fenced.
A prayer under strainvv. 1–7
Asaph opens with the Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock and sits between the cherubim. Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh are summoned before that enthroned power, while the people complain that their prayers themselves seem to have become objects of anger. Their food is bread made of tears, their drink a full measure of tears, and their neighbours and enemies provide the rest of the misery. The plea returns: let the face of God shine, and let the people be saved.
The vine and its remarkably small enemiesvv. 8–13
The people become a vine uprooted from Egypt, with the nations driven out before it and the cleared ground ready for planting. It takes root, fills the land, shades mountains, and spreads its branches to the Sea and its shoots toward the River. Then the walls come down, passers-by pick its fruit, and the whole expansive enterprise is ravaged by one boar from the forest and the creatures of the field. The scale changes rather splendidly from empire to wildlife report.
Look down upon the ruined plantingvv. 14–19
The prayer turns from describing the damaged vine to calling God back to it: look down from heaven, attend to the root planted by the right hand, and regard the son raised for that purpose. The vine has been cut down and burned; the requested remedy is a hand upon the man at the right hand, followed by revival and renewed calling. The final line gathers the whole lament into its refrain, asking again for the shining face and salvation.
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Ps 80:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Ps 80:2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Ps 80:3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Ps 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Ps 80:5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Ps 80:6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Ps 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Ps 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Ps 80:9You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Ps 80:10The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
Ps 80:11It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
Ps 80:12Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Ps 80:13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Ps 80:14Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Ps 80:15the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
Ps 80:16Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Ps 80:17Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
Ps 80:18Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
Ps 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 196 passages were voted onto 19 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 3Lamentations 5:21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
- 3Numbers 6:25–26may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
- 14Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- 1Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- 8Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- 3Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
- 12Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- 19Jeremiah 3:22–23“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
- 1Psalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- 1Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- 2Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- 3Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- 3Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- 3Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- 7Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- 8Ezekiel 17:6It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
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