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

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir 541 Shoshannim-Eduth. Ps 45:1 60:1 69:1

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.

give ear Ps 5:1 55:1

O Shepherd Ps 23:1,2 Isa 40:11 Eze 34:23 Joh 10:14 Heb 13:20 1Pe 2:25 5:4

leadest Ps 77:20 78:52 Isa 49:9,10 63:11 Joh 10:3,4

dwellest Ps 99:1 Ex 25:20-22 1Sa 4:4 2Sa 6:2 2Ki 19:15 Eze 1:13 10:4

shine Ps 80:3,7,19 50:2 94:1 De 33:2 Job 10:3 Isa 60:1 Eze 43:2 Da 9:17 Re 21:23

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

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. Nu 2:18-24 10:22-24

stir up Ps 35:23 44:23-26 78:38 Isa 42:13,14

come and save us. Heb. come for salvation to us. Isa 25:9 33:22

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

turn us Ps 80:7,19 85:4 1Ki 18:37 Jer 31:18,19 La 5:21

cause Ps 80:1 4:6 67:1 119:135 Nu 6:25,26

4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

how long Ps 85:5 Isa 58:2,3,6-9 La 3:44 Mt 15:22-28 Lu 18:1-8

be angry. Heb. smoke Ps 74:1 De 29:20

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Ps 42:3 102:9 Job 6:7 Isa 30:20 Eze 4:16,17

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

thou Jer 15:10

our enemies Ps 44:13,14 79:4 Jud 16:25 Isa 36:8,12-20 37:23 Jer 48:27 Eze 36:4 Re 11:10

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

turn Ps 80:3,19 51:10 Lu 1:16

we shall Isa 30:15 64:5 Jer 4:14 Mr 4:12 2Ti 2:25,26

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

a vine Isa 5:1-7 27:2,3 Jer 2:21 Eze 15:6 17:6 19:10 Mt 21:33-41 Joh 15:1-8

thou hast cast Ps 44:2 78:55 Jer 18:9,10

This most elegant allegory, which is everywhere well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.

9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

preparedst Ps 105:44 Ex 23:28-30 Jos 23:13-15 24:12 Ne 9:22-25

to take Isa 27:6 37:31 Jer 12:2

and it 1Ki 4:20,25 1Ch 21:5 27:23,24

10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God Ps 104:16

11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

Ps 72:8 Ge 15:18 Ex 23:31 1Ki 4:21,24 1Ch 18:3

12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

broken Ps 89:40,41 Isa 5:5 18:5,6 Na 2:2 Lu 20:16

13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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. 2Ki 18:9 19:1 24:1 25:1 2Ch 32:1 36:1 Jer 4:7 39:1-3 51:34 52:7,12-14

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

return Ps 7:7 90:13 Isa 63:15,17 Joe 2:14 Mal 3:7 Ac 15:16

look down Ps 33:13 Isa 63:15 La 3:50 Da 9:16-19

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

vineyard Ps 80:8 Isa 5:1,2 Jer 2:21 Mr 12:1 Joh 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. Ps 89:21 Isa 11:1 49:5 Jer 23:5,6 Eze 17:22-24 Zec 3:8 6:12

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

burned Ps 79:5 Isa 27:11 Eze 20:47,48 Joh 15:6

perish Ps 39:11 76:6,7 90:7 2Th 1:9

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Ps 80:15 89:21 110:1 Isa 53:5 Da 7:13,14 Joh 5:21-29

18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

so will Ps 79:13 Joh 6:66-69 Heb 10:38,39

Quicken Ps 85:6 119:25,37,40,107,154,156 So 1:4 Php 2:12,13 Eph 2:1-5

19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

turn us Ps 80:3,7 Jer 3:22,23

cause Ps 80:1 27:4,9 31:16 44:3