Isaiah 63:15(v14)Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The…
Jeremiah 3:22-23(v19)Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God. Truly help…
Psalms 39:11(v16)When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.”
Psalms 27:4(v19)One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s…
Daniel 7:13-14(v17)“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of…
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Psalms 80:3(v19)Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Psalms 110:1(v17)Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Psalms 119:25(v18)My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
Psalms 119:40(v18)Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
Psalms 119:107(v18)I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
Psalms 119:154(v18)Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
John 6:66-69(v18)At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away,…
John 15:1(v15)“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
John 15:6(v16)If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are…
Philippians 2:12-13(v18)So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation…
Psalms 89:21(vv15, 17)with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
Psalms 44:3(v19)For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the…
Psalms 80:1(v19)Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
Psalms 80:8(v15)You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
Song of Solomon 1:4(v18)Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love…
Zechariah 3:8(v15)Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out…
Zechariah 6:12(v15)and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he…
Hebrews 10:38-39(v18)But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back to…
Psalms 27:9(v19)Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my…
Psalms 31:16(v19)Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
Psalms 79:13(v18)So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
Psalms 80:15(v17)the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
Psalms 85:6(v18)Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
Psalms 90:13(v14)Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
Psalms 119:37(v18)Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Isaiah 11:1(v15)A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
Isaiah 63:17(v14)O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your…
Jeremiah 2:21(v15)Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
Jeremiah 23:5-6(v15)“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will…
Daniel 9:16-19(v14)Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy…
Malachi 3:7(v14)From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,”…
Mark 12:1(v15)He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower,…
Ephesians 2:1-5(v18)You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world,…
2 Thessalonians 1:9(v16)who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Psalms 7:7(v14)Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
Psalms 33:13(v14)Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
Psalms 71:20(v18)You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 76:6-7(v16)At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your…
Psalms 79:5(v16)How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 80:7(v19)Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Psalms 90:7(v16)For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
Isaiah 5:1-2(v15)Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. He dug it up,…
Isaiah 27:11(v16)When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding.…
Isaiah 49:5(v15)Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am…
Isaiah 53:5(v17)But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his…
Lamentations 3:50(v14)until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
Ezekiel 17:22-24(v15)“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its…
Ezekiel 20:47-48(v16)Tell the forest of the South, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word: The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every…
Joel 2:14(v14)Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
John 5:21-29(v17)For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. For the Father judges no one,…
Acts 15:16(v14)‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set…
Psalms 119:156(v18)Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
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John Calvin1540 · Public DomainOn vv14–1814. Return, I beseech thee, O God of Hosts!…
14. Return, I beseech thee, O God of Hosts! In these words it is intended to teach, that we ought not to yield to temptation although God should hide his face from us for a time, yea even although to the eye of sense and reason he should seem to be alienated from us. For, provided he is sought in the confident expectation of his showing mercy, he will become reconciled, and receive into his favor those whom he seemed to have cast off. It was a distinguished honor for the seed of Abraham to be accounted the vineyard of God; but while the faithful adduce this consideration as an argument for obtaining the favor of God, instead of bringing forward any claims of their own, they only beseech him not to cease to exercise his accustomed liberality towards them. The words, from heaven, have, no doubt, been introduced, that the faithful might find no difficulty in extending their faith to a distance, although God, from whom they had departed, was far from them; and, farther that if they saw no prospect of deliverance upon earth, they might lift up their eyes to heaven.
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv14–18They gave not place to tentation, knowing that albeit…
They gave not place to tentation, knowing that albeit there were no help in earth, yet God was able to succor them from heaven.
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John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv14–19Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of…
Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Ver. 14. Visit this vine] Some understand it of Christ’s incarnation, Luk 1:78.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv15–18The vineyard; or, the root, or stock, or plant,…
The vineyard; or, the root, or stock, or plant, as others render it. Thy right hand hath planted; which thou hast planted or fixed with thy might and power; whereof the right hand is both a sign or symbol and an instrument. The branch, Heb. the son, i.e. either,
1. The son of man, as it is more fully expressed, Psa 80:17. Or rather,
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2. The branch; for as yet he continues the metaphor; which is called the son, to wit, of the root or stock mentioned in the former clause, as the branches are called daughters in the Hebrew text, Gen 49:22.
Thou madest strong; either,
1. By supporting it with stakes or walls, upon which the vine groweth up or rather,
2. By causing it to grow in bulk and thickness, and consequently in strength. For thyself; for thy own especial delight, and service, and honor.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv14–18And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,....…
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,.... The word "Cannah" is only used in this place, and the first letter of it is larger than usual, to keep in perpetual remembrance, as is thought by some (t), the bringing of this vine out of Egypt, and the great things done for it in the land of Israel; and the letter, being crooked, may denote the oppression of this vine by various calamities. The Targum renders the word, a branch or shoot; and Kimchi, according to the scope of the place, a plant; and observes, that others interpret it an habitation or dwelling place; and so may be understood of Jerusalem, or the temple. Aben Ezra takes it to be an adjective, and to signify "prepared" or "established", which is said of this vine, Psa 80:9. It is an Egyptian word used by the psalmist, treating of the vine brought out of Egypt, and signifies a plant; hence the ivy is by the Greeks called the plant of Osiris (u); the clause carries in it a reason or argument, enforcing the above petition, taken from this vine being of the Lord's planting, as in Psa 80:8 and therefore his own honour and glory were concerned in it:
and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself: meaning the same thing, and the same people whom he confirmed in the land of Canaan, and made strong for his service and glory. The word (w) translated "branch" signifies a son, as Israel was, to the Lord, son and firstborn. The Targum understands it of Christ, and paraphrases it thus,
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"and for the King Messiah, whom thou hast strengthened for thyself;''
that is, for the sake of Christ, whom thou hast appointed to work out the salvation of thy people by his great strength, and who was to come from this vine, or descend from Israel; for the sake of him destroy it not, nor suffer it to be destroyed; and is the same with the Son of man, Psa 80:17, and so it is read in a manuscript.
(t) Vid. Buxtorf. Tiberias, c. 14. (u) Plutarch de lsid. & Osir. (w) "super filium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "propter filium", Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv16–18They - Thy people, signified by the vine. So…
They - Thy people, signified by the vine. So now he passes from the metaphor to the thing designed by it.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv14, 15, 17, 18, 19Verse 14. Return - O God of hosts] Thou…
Verse 14. Return - O God of hosts] Thou hast abandoned us, and therefore our enemies have us in captivity. Come back to us, and we shall again be restored.
Behold, and visit this vine] Consider the state of thy own people, thy own worship, thy own temple. Look down! Let thine eye affect thy heart.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv15–17Psa 80:15. And the vineyard — Hebrew, כנה, channah,…
Psa 80:15. And the vineyard — Hebrew, כנה, channah, which Buxtorf translates, surculus, planta, a branch, or plant, but which Dr. Hammond says “may be most fitly rendered a root, or stock, such as is wont to be planted. For this we know,” proceeds he, “that a branch of a vine, being laid in the ground, will take a root to it, and so be fit to be planted.” And after many critical remarks on the sense of the word, as used in other places, he adds, “by all this it appears that כנהhere, having in its original meaning somewhat of strength and stability, (being used for a foot, or basis,) and being by the context confined to vines, must signify such a slip, or young stock, or plant, as is fit to be set, or grow by itself. And being by the Masorites (Jewish rabbins) written with a large כ, (caph,) signifies this eminent plant, the whole people of the Jews whom God had chosen; and so his right hand is truly said to have planted it.” And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself — Hebrew, בן, ben, the son, namely, the son of the root or stock, according to the Hebrew phraseology, which terms any thing, that is produced by another, its son or daughter. Thus branches are called בנות, benoth, daughters, Gen 49:22. The royal family of David is evidently intended here, which God had raised and established for himself, to accomplish his eternal purpose of saving mankind by the Messiah, who was one day to spring from the root of Jesse. The Chaldee paraphrast expounds the branch of Messiah himself; “On King Messiah, whom thou hast established,” &c. So do the rabbins, Aben Ezra and Obadiah, cited by Dr. Hammond. And the LXX. have rendered the clause, επι υιον ανθρωπου, on the Son of man, an expression actually used by the psalmist, Psa 80:17. “To the advent of this Son of man.” says Dr. Horne, “Israel was ever accustomed to look forward, in time of affliction; on his second and glorious advent the Christian Church must fix her eye, in the day of her calamities.”
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv14–19Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts -…
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts - Again come and visit thy people; come back again to thy forsaken land. This is language founded on the idea that God had withdrawn from the land, or had forsaken it; that he had left his people without a protector, and had left them exposed to the ravages of fierce foreign enemies. It is language which will describe what seems often to occur when the church is apparently forsaken; when there are no cheering tokens of the divine presence; and when the people of God, discouraged, seem themselves to be forsaken by him. Compare Jer 14:8.
Look down from heaven - The habitation of God. As if he did not now see his desolate vineyard, or regard it. The idea is, that if he would look upon it, he would pity it, and would come to its relief.
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And behold, and visit this vine - It is a visitation of mercy and not of wrath that is asked; the coming of one who is able to save, and without whose coming there could be no deliverance.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv15–1915. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath…
15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted—כנה, (kannah,) translated “vineyard,” signifies a layer-plant, or shoot. Its etymological sense, figuratively applied, takes us back to the germ life of the nation, when first planted in Canaan. Adopting the version of Gesenius we may read: “Behold and visit this vine; even the tender shoot which thy right hand hath planted.” The appeal is pathetic, like that of the infant child to the parent, and the successive pleas, “look down,” “behold,” “visit this vine,” indicate the earnestness of the prayer.
And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself—The Hebrew reads, The son that thou hast strengthened; but though the figure is changed the sense is “branch,” or vine.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv14–1914. Return] Or, as R.V., Turn again. It is…
14. Return] Or, as R.V., Turn again. It is the intransitive form of the verb turn us again in Psa_80:3; Psa_80:7; Psa_80:19.
14–19. Repeated prayers for the restoration of God’s favour to Israel.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv15, 16, 17, 19(15) And the vineyard which . . .—Most modern…
(15) And the vineyard which . . .—Most modern scholars follow the LXX. and Vulg. in making the word rendered vineyard an imperative of a verb, meaning protect: And protect what thy right hand hath planted. This makes a good parallelism.
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv14–19Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; i.e.…
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; i.e. "come back to us, to be our Helper and Defender." Look down from heaven, and behold. Condescend to "look down" upon us "from heaven," thy dwelling place, and "behold take note of our condition, see how we suffer, and thou wilt be sure to visit this vine; i.e. to "visit" it, not in wrath, but in loving kindness and compassion to "visit it with thy salvation". (Psa_106:4)
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Charles H. Spurgeon1885 · Public DomainOn vv14–19Ver. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of…
Ver. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Turn thyself to us as well as us to thee. Thou hast gone from us because of our sins, come back to us, for we sigh and cry after thee. Or, if it be too much to ask thee to come then do at least give us some consideration and cast an eye upon our griefs.
Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. Do not close thine eyes; it is thy vine, do not utterly turn away from it as though it were quite gone from thy mind. Great Husbandman, at least note the mischief which the beasts have done, for then it may be thy heart will pity, and thy hand will be outstretched to deliver.
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Ver. 8-19. See Psalms on "Ps 80:8" for further information.
Ver. 14. Look down from heaven, and behold. This prayer is fit for none but the truly contrite, and those who are in heart returning. Otherwise, with what conscience could we entreat God to look down from heaven and behold our affairs? Should we not inflame his anger all the more, if, besides living in sin, we dared to challenge the all holy eyes of God to behold from heaven our wickedness? Musculus.
Ver. 14. Look down from heaven. Thou hast gone far from us, thou hast ascended to heaven. Thou hast departed from us, look down at least upon us from heaven, if thou art not willing to descend to earth, if our sins do not merit this. Savonarola.
Ver. 14. Visit this vine. Still it has roots, still some branches are living. In the beginning of the world it began, and never has failed, and never will. For thou hast said, Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. It may be diminished, it can never utterly fall. This vine is the vine which thou hast planted. There is one spirit, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Lord of all, who is all in all. Visit, then, this vine, for thy visitation preserves her spirit; visit by thy grace, by thy presence, by thy Holy Spirit. Visit with thy rod, and with thy staff; for thy rod and thy staff comfort her. Visit with thy scourge that she may be chastened and purified, for the time of pruning comes. Cast out the stones, gather up the dry branches, and bind them in bundles for burning. Raise her up, cut off the superfluous shoots, make fast her supports, enrich the soil, build up the fence, and visit this vine, as now thou visitest the earth and watereth it. Savonarola.
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The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn vv17–19Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy…
Psa_80:17
Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand.
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Christ made strong for God
Of Jesus only can it be unreservedly said, that He is the man of Gods right hand, and that He hath made Him strong for Himself. Of all the terms in the passage, we may indeed say that they are peculiarly emphatic, and embody views of character and position which could only be realized in the person and work of Christ.
I. The import of the designations herein given to Christ.
1. The Man of Gods right hand. Inasmuch as a seat at the right hand among men is esteemed the place of honour and power, so the act of elevating to dignity and authority by Jehovah is spoken of as a placing at His right hand; and accordingly Jesus is referred to as sitting at His right hand, or as described in one instance, the right hand of power. This leads us at once to perceive that the personal and official dignity of the Saviour are eplicity alluded to in our text, in His being called the Man of Gods right hand.
2. The Son of Man. Whilst the title in question implies the doctrine of Christs perfect manhood, it equally implies that He was more than a mere man. Differing hence in these respects from all the sons of men--though still a man in His creature existence--with much expressiveness could He be called the Son of Man.
II. The appointment of Jesus to the office of redeemer. Such appointment is expressly involved, if not explicitly stated, in the words, whom Thou hast made strong for Thyself; for God is thus represented as having chosen or designated the Son of Man to the office He thus holds. In this sense He made Him or appointed Him for Himself, to the office of Redeemer.
III. The peculiar fitness of the Man of Gods right hand to discharge the duties of the office to which He was appointed. It is impossible for any created intelligence to say what strength, or amount of spiritual power, was required on the part of Jesus--the Man of Gods right hand--to accomplish the work of redemption; but it behoves us not the less to direct our attention as closely as possible to the specific difficulties we know He had to encounter, that we may arrive at a fair estimate of His endurance; and hence of the greatness of that love and mercy by which these were animated.
IV. What is implied in this petition, requesting God to let His hand be upon the Man of His right hand.
1. A perception of danger.
2. A consciousness that mans help is not to be found in himself.
3. A willingness to rely for salvation on the means appointed by God, through the Son of His love.
4. Full persuasion of Gods willingness to confer the blessing thus sought. (J. Allan.)
A prayer for the Messiah
1. In all ages the saints have greatly longed for their Saviour. Abraham saw His day afar off, and rejoiced that a child was to be born unto him, in whom all nations of the earth should be blessed. And the godly in this verse long for Him, and pray for His coming.
2. He is here shortly three ways described.
(1) First, He is called the Son of Gods right hand, for three causes: first, in respect of His marvellous generation in both His natures: in the one, without a father; in the other, without a mother. Secondly, He is called the Son of Gods right hand, for that singular love and favour which the Father carries toward Him; for the right hand of God signifies His power, or His favour and love. It is true every Christian man is also the son of Gods right hand; by nature his name is Ben-oni, the son of sorrow; but his father hath changed his name with his estate, called him Ben-jamin, the son of his right hand. But in a more special sense doth this title belong to the Lord Jesus. Thirdly, He is the Son of the Fathers right hand in respect of his most perfect obedience and ready willingness to do in all things the will of His Father.
(2) They call Him the Son of Man; He is in such sort the Son of God, that He is also the Son of Man, not begotten by man, yet formed, and conceived of the seed of man; He is the companion of Jehova; He is also, as Job calleth Him, our Goel or kinsman. Doubtless this is a strong bulwark of our faith, since we see that the Son of God is become the Son of Man, clothed with all the infirmities of our nature, except sin; since we see the God of glory humbled to the ignominy of the cross, why should we doubt that the sons of men shall also be made the sons of God, and that these vile bodies of ours shall be changed, and fashioned like unto the glorious body of Christ, especially since for no other end became He the Son of Man, but to make us the sons of God?
(3) Whom Thou hast made strong for Thyself; this respecteth His threefold office, and His unction to them all (Isa_61:1; Joh_6:27; Joh_1:14; Joh_3:34). Of all these it is plain how the Father is said to have made His Son strong for Himself; that is, He anointed Him, He sealed Him, He put His Spirit into Him, not in a measure, but communicated the fulness of grace to Him, that He might be strengthened to do unto us the office of a king, to deliver us from our enemies, or a prophet, to teach us the whole counsel of God, and of a priest, to offer Himself in a propitiatory sacrifice for us. In all these appeared His wonderful strength; when He suffered like a weak man, then He wrought like a valiant man. Every way the mighty strength of our strong Redeemer is to be admired, but specially His conquests by suffering, there did appear the weakness of God stronger than man; yea, then all these principalities, powers, and spiritual wickednesses that were opposite to Him. (Bp. Cowper.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv14, 17, 19General Information:
General Information:
Asaph finishes speaking of Israel in their land as if Israel were a grapevine in a vineyard.
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Turn back
The writer wants God to turn back in order to help them. This can be stated explicitly. AT: "Turn back to us" or "Come and help us again" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
take notice
"look at"
this vine
The writer continues comparing the nation of Israel to the vine. (See: Metaphor)
This is the root that your right hand planted
The right hand represents the Yahweh's power and control. AT: "This is the root that you, Yahweh, planted" (See: Metonymy)
shoot
the part of a new plant that is just starting to grow above the ground. See how you translated this in Psalms 80:11.
down; they perish because of your rebuke
Possible meanings are 1) "down; your people perish because of your rebuke." or 2) "down. May your enemies perish because of your rebuke!"
John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv14–18 14. Return, I beseech thee, O God of Hosts!…
14. Return, I beseech thee, O God of Hosts! In these words it is intended to teach, that we ought not to yield to temptation although God should hide his face from us for a time, yea even although to the eye of sense and reason he should seem to be alienated from us. For, provided he is sought in the confident expectation of his showing mercy, he will become reconciled, and receive into his favor those whom he seemed to have cast off. It was a distinguished honor for the seed of Abraham to be accounted the vineyard of God; but while the faithful adduce this consideration as an argument for obtaining the favor of God, instead of bringing forward any claims of their own, they only beseech him not to cease to exercise his accustomed liberality towards them. The words, from heaven, have, no doubt, been introduced, that the faithful might find no difficulty in extending their faith to a distance, although God, from whom they had departed, was far from them; and, farther that if they saw no prospect of deliverance upon earth, they might lift up their eyes to heaven.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv14–18 They gave not place to tentation, knowing that albeit…
They gave not place to tentation, knowing that albeit there were no help in earth, yet God was able to succor them from heaven.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–19 Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of…
Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Ver. 14. Visit this vine] Some understand it of Christ’s incarnation, Luk 1:78.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv15–18 The vineyard; or, the root, or stock, or plant,…
The vineyard; or, the root, or stock, or plant, as others render it. Thy right hand hath planted; which thou hast planted or fixed with thy might and power; whereof the right hand is both a sign or symbol and an instrument. The branch, Heb. the son, i.e. either,
1. The son of man, as it is more fully expressed, Psa 80:17. Or rather,
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2. The branch; for as yet he continues the metaphor; which is called the son, to wit, of the root or stock mentioned in the former clause, as the branches are called daughters in the Hebrew text, Gen 49:22.
Thou madest strong; either,
1. By supporting it with stakes or walls, upon which the vine groweth up or rather,
2. By causing it to grow in bulk and thickness, and consequently in strength. For thyself; for thy own especial delight, and service, and honor.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–18 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,....…
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,.... The word "Cannah" is only used in this place, and the first letter of it is larger than usual, to keep in perpetual remembrance, as is thought by some (t), the bringing of this vine out of Egypt, and the great things done for it in the land of Israel; and the letter, being crooked, may denote the oppression of this vine by various calamities. The Targum renders the word, a branch or shoot; and Kimchi, according to the scope of the place, a plant; and observes, that others interpret it an habitation or dwelling place; and so may be understood of Jerusalem, or the temple. Aben Ezra takes it to be an adjective, and to signify "prepared" or "established", which is said of this vine, Psa 80:9. It is an Egyptian word used by the psalmist, treating of the vine brought out of Egypt, and signifies a plant; hence the ivy is by the Greeks called the plant of Osiris (u); the clause carries in it a reason or argument, enforcing the above petition, taken from this vine being of the Lord's planting, as in Psa 80:8 and therefore his own honour and glory were concerned in it:
and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself: meaning the same thing, and the same people whom he confirmed in the land of Canaan, and made strong for his service and glory. The word (w) translated "branch" signifies a son, as Israel was, to the Lord, son and firstborn. The Targum understands it of Christ, and paraphrases it thus,
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"and for the King Messiah, whom thou hast strengthened for thyself;''
that is, for the sake of Christ, whom thou hast appointed to work out the salvation of thy people by his great strength, and who was to come from this vine, or descend from Israel; for the sake of him destroy it not, nor suffer it to be destroyed; and is the same with the Son of man, Psa 80:17, and so it is read in a manuscript.
(t) Vid. Buxtorf. Tiberias, c. 14. (u) Plutarch de lsid. & Osir. (w) "super filium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "propter filium", Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv16–18 They - Thy people, signified by the vine. So…
They - Thy people, signified by the vine. So now he passes from the metaphor to the thing designed by it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv14, 15, 17, 18, 19 Verse 14. Return - O God of hosts] Thou…
Verse 14. Return - O God of hosts] Thou hast abandoned us, and therefore our enemies have us in captivity. Come back to us, and we shall again be restored.
Behold, and visit this vine] Consider the state of thy own people, thy own worship, thy own temple. Look down! Let thine eye affect thy heart.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv15–17 Psa 80:15. And the vineyard — Hebrew, כנה, channah,…
Psa 80:15. And the vineyard — Hebrew, כנה, channah, which Buxtorf translates, surculus, planta, a branch, or plant, but which Dr. Hammond says “may be most fitly rendered a root, or stock, such as is wont to be planted. For this we know,” proceeds he, “that a branch of a vine, being laid in the ground, will take a root to it, and so be fit to be planted.” And after many critical remarks on the sense of the word, as used in other places, he adds, “by all this it appears that כנהhere, having in its original meaning somewhat of strength and stability, (being used for a foot, or basis,) and being by the context confined to vines, must signify such a slip, or young stock, or plant, as is fit to be set, or grow by itself. And being by the Masorites (Jewish rabbins) written with a large כ, (caph,) signifies this eminent plant, the whole people of the Jews whom God had chosen; and so his right hand is truly said to have planted it.” And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself — Hebrew, בן, ben, the son, namely, the son of the root or stock, according to the Hebrew phraseology, which terms any thing, that is produced by another, its son or daughter. Thus branches are called בנות, benoth, daughters, Gen 49:22. The royal family of David is evidently intended here, which God had raised and established for himself, to accomplish his eternal purpose of saving mankind by the Messiah, who was one day to spring from the root of Jesse. The Chaldee paraphrast expounds the branch of Messiah himself; “On King Messiah, whom thou hast established,” &c. So do the rabbins, Aben Ezra and Obadiah, cited by Dr. Hammond. And the LXX. have rendered the clause, επι υιον ανθρωπου, on the Son of man, an expression actually used by the psalmist, Psa 80:17. “To the advent of this Son of man.” says Dr. Horne, “Israel was ever accustomed to look forward, in time of affliction; on his second and glorious advent the Christian Church must fix her eye, in the day of her calamities.”
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv14–19 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts -…
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts - Again come and visit thy people; come back again to thy forsaken land. This is language founded on the idea that God had withdrawn from the land, or had forsaken it; that he had left his people without a protector, and had left them exposed to the ravages of fierce foreign enemies. It is language which will describe what seems often to occur when the church is apparently forsaken; when there are no cheering tokens of the divine presence; and when the people of God, discouraged, seem themselves to be forsaken by him. Compare Jer 14:8.
Look down from heaven - The habitation of God. As if he did not now see his desolate vineyard, or regard it. The idea is, that if he would look upon it, he would pity it, and would come to its relief.
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And behold, and visit this vine - It is a visitation of mercy and not of wrath that is asked; the coming of one who is able to save, and without whose coming there could be no deliverance.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv15–19 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath…
15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted—כנה, (kannah,) translated “vineyard,” signifies a layer-plant, or shoot. Its etymological sense, figuratively applied, takes us back to the germ life of the nation, when first planted in Canaan. Adopting the version of Gesenius we may read: “Behold and visit this vine; even the tender shoot which thy right hand hath planted.” The appeal is pathetic, like that of the infant child to the parent, and the successive pleas, “look down,” “behold,” “visit this vine,” indicate the earnestness of the prayer.
And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself—The Hebrew reads, The son that thou hast strengthened; but though the figure is changed the sense is “branch,” or vine.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–19 14. Return] Or, as R.V., Turn again. It is…
14. Return] Or, as R.V., Turn again. It is the intransitive form of the verb turn us again in Psa_80:3; Psa_80:7; Psa_80:19.
14–19. Repeated prayers for the restoration of God’s favour to Israel.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 19 (15) And the vineyard which . . .—Most modern…
(15) And the vineyard which . . .—Most modern scholars follow the LXX. and Vulg. in making the word rendered vineyard an imperative of a verb, meaning protect: And protect what thy right hand hath planted. This makes a good parallelism.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–19 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; i.e.…
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; i.e. "come back to us, to be our Helper and Defender." Look down from heaven, and behold. Condescend to "look down" upon us "from heaven," thy dwelling place, and "behold take note of our condition, see how we suffer, and thou wilt be sure to visit this vine; i.e. to "visit" it, not in wrath, but in loving kindness and compassion to "visit it with thy salvation". (Psa_106:4)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv14–19 Ver. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of…
Ver. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Turn thyself to us as well as us to thee. Thou hast gone from us because of our sins, come back to us, for we sigh and cry after thee. Or, if it be too much to ask thee to come then do at least give us some consideration and cast an eye upon our griefs.
Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. Do not close thine eyes; it is thy vine, do not utterly turn away from it as though it were quite gone from thy mind. Great Husbandman, at least note the mischief which the beasts have done, for then it may be thy heart will pity, and thy hand will be outstretched to deliver.
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Ver. 8-19. See Psalms on "Ps 80:8" for further information.
Ver. 14. Look down from heaven, and behold. This prayer is fit for none but the truly contrite, and those who are in heart returning. Otherwise, with what conscience could we entreat God to look down from heaven and behold our affairs? Should we not inflame his anger all the more, if, besides living in sin, we dared to challenge the all holy eyes of God to behold from heaven our wickedness? Musculus.
Ver. 14. Look down from heaven. Thou hast gone far from us, thou hast ascended to heaven. Thou hast departed from us, look down at least upon us from heaven, if thou art not willing to descend to earth, if our sins do not merit this. Savonarola.
Ver. 14. Visit this vine. Still it has roots, still some branches are living. In the beginning of the world it began, and never has failed, and never will. For thou hast said, Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. It may be diminished, it can never utterly fall. This vine is the vine which thou hast planted. There is one spirit, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Lord of all, who is all in all. Visit, then, this vine, for thy visitation preserves her spirit; visit by thy grace, by thy presence, by thy Holy Spirit. Visit with thy rod, and with thy staff; for thy rod and thy staff comfort her. Visit with thy scourge that she may be chastened and purified, for the time of pruning comes. Cast out the stones, gather up the dry branches, and bind them in bundles for burning. Raise her up, cut off the superfluous shoots, make fast her supports, enrich the soil, build up the fence, and visit this vine, as now thou visitest the earth and watereth it. Savonarola.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv17–19 Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy…
Psa_80:17
Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand.
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Christ made strong for God
Of Jesus only can it be unreservedly said, that He is the man of Gods right hand, and that He hath made Him strong for Himself. Of all the terms in the passage, we may indeed say that they are peculiarly emphatic, and embody views of character and position which could only be realized in the person and work of Christ.
I. The import of the designations herein given to Christ.
1. The Man of Gods right hand. Inasmuch as a seat at the right hand among men is esteemed the place of honour and power, so the act of elevating to dignity and authority by Jehovah is spoken of as a placing at His right hand; and accordingly Jesus is referred to as sitting at His right hand, or as described in one instance, the right hand of power. This leads us at once to perceive that the personal and official dignity of the Saviour are eplicity alluded to in our text, in His being called the Man of Gods right hand.
2. The Son of Man. Whilst the title in question implies the doctrine of Christs perfect manhood, it equally implies that He was more than a mere man. Differing hence in these respects from all the sons of men--though still a man in His creature existence--with much expressiveness could He be called the Son of Man.
II. The appointment of Jesus to the office of redeemer. Such appointment is expressly involved, if not explicitly stated, in the words, whom Thou hast made strong for Thyself; for God is thus represented as having chosen or designated the Son of Man to the office He thus holds. In this sense He made Him or appointed Him for Himself, to the office of Redeemer.
III. The peculiar fitness of the Man of Gods right hand to discharge the duties of the office to which He was appointed. It is impossible for any created intelligence to say what strength, or amount of spiritual power, was required on the part of Jesus--the Man of Gods right hand--to accomplish the work of redemption; but it behoves us not the less to direct our attention as closely as possible to the specific difficulties we know He had to encounter, that we may arrive at a fair estimate of His endurance; and hence of the greatness of that love and mercy by which these were animated.
IV. What is implied in this petition, requesting God to let His hand be upon the Man of His right hand.
1. A perception of danger.
2. A consciousness that mans help is not to be found in himself.
3. A willingness to rely for salvation on the means appointed by God, through the Son of His love.
4. Full persuasion of Gods willingness to confer the blessing thus sought. (J. Allan.)
A prayer for the Messiah
1. In all ages the saints have greatly longed for their Saviour. Abraham saw His day afar off, and rejoiced that a child was to be born unto him, in whom all nations of the earth should be blessed. And the godly in this verse long for Him, and pray for His coming.
2. He is here shortly three ways described.
(1) First, He is called the Son of Gods right hand, for three causes: first, in respect of His marvellous generation in both His natures: in the one, without a father; in the other, without a mother. Secondly, He is called the Son of Gods right hand, for that singular love and favour which the Father carries toward Him; for the right hand of God signifies His power, or His favour and love. It is true every Christian man is also the son of Gods right hand; by nature his name is Ben-oni, the son of sorrow; but his father hath changed his name with his estate, called him Ben-jamin, the son of his right hand. But in a more special sense doth this title belong to the Lord Jesus. Thirdly, He is the Son of the Fathers right hand in respect of his most perfect obedience and ready willingness to do in all things the will of His Father.
(2) They call Him the Son of Man; He is in such sort the Son of God, that He is also the Son of Man, not begotten by man, yet formed, and conceived of the seed of man; He is the companion of Jehova; He is also, as Job calleth Him, our Goel or kinsman. Doubtless this is a strong bulwark of our faith, since we see that the Son of God is become the Son of Man, clothed with all the infirmities of our nature, except sin; since we see the God of glory humbled to the ignominy of the cross, why should we doubt that the sons of men shall also be made the sons of God, and that these vile bodies of ours shall be changed, and fashioned like unto the glorious body of Christ, especially since for no other end became He the Son of Man, but to make us the sons of God?
(3) Whom Thou hast made strong for Thyself; this respecteth His threefold office, and His unction to them all (Isa_61:1; Joh_6:27; Joh_1:14; Joh_3:34). Of all these it is plain how the Father is said to have made His Son strong for Himself; that is, He anointed Him, He sealed Him, He put His Spirit into Him, not in a measure, but communicated the fulness of grace to Him, that He might be strengthened to do unto us the office of a king, to deliver us from our enemies, or a prophet, to teach us the whole counsel of God, and of a priest, to offer Himself in a propitiatory sacrifice for us. In all these appeared His wonderful strength; when He suffered like a weak man, then He wrought like a valiant man. Every way the mighty strength of our strong Redeemer is to be admired, but specially His conquests by suffering, there did appear the weakness of God stronger than man; yea, then all these principalities, powers, and spiritual wickednesses that were opposite to Him. (Bp. Cowper.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv14, 17, 19 General Information:
General Information:
Asaph finishes speaking of Israel in their land as if Israel were a grapevine in a vineyard.
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Turn back
The writer wants God to turn back in order to help them. This can be stated explicitly. AT: "Turn back to us" or "Come and help us again" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
take notice
"look at"
this vine
The writer continues comparing the nation of Israel to the vine. (See: Metaphor)
This is the root that your right hand planted
The right hand represents the Yahweh's power and control. AT: "This is the root that you, Yahweh, planted" (See: Metonymy)
shoot
the part of a new plant that is just starting to grow above the ground. See how you translated this in Psalms 80:11.
down; they perish because of your rebuke
Possible meanings are 1) "down; your people perish because of your rebuke." or 2) "down. May your enemies perish because of your rebuke!"
translationWords
turn
Yahweh of hosts
heaven
right hand
perish
rebuke
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv15–17 80:15 Israel was the son that God had brought…
80:15 Israel was the son that God had brought out of Egypt (see Hos 11:1) and planted in the Holy Land.
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