the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
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the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
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And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
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(80-16) And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
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Passages linked to Psalms 80:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
- Psalms 80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
- Zechariah 3:8 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 my servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 6:12 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 shall build Yahweh’s temple;
- Isaiah 11:1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 2:21 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 “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 execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Mark 12:1 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, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
- Psalms 89:21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
- Isaiah 5:1-2 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, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
- Isaiah 49:5 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 honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
- Ezekiel 17:22-24 “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 young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches. All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain As to the word כנה, cannah, in the beginning…
As to the word כנה, cannah, in the beginning of the 15th verse, I readily acquiesce in the sense given of it by some who translate it, a place prepared; but as some think that there is a change in the Hebrew word of the letter ג, gimel, into כ, caph, so that the reading should be גנה, gannah, a garden or vineyard, we leave the reader to judge for himself. It is, however, certain that this is a metaphor akin to the former, by which is denoted the singular liberality of God in advancing this people, and causing them to prosper. The vine-branch which was planted by the hand of God is also called the Man of his right hand.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So that no power can prevail against it, and…
So that no power can prevail against it, and which as a young bud thou raisest up again as out of the burnt ashes.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand…
Psa 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.
Ver. 15. And the vineyard] Vitiarium, surculum, plantulam.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain 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 It is burnt with fire, it is cut down,....…
It is burnt with fire, it is cut down,.... That is, the vine of Israel, and the branch before spoken of, alluding to a vine, and its branches; which, when become unprofitable, are cut down or cut off, and cast into the fire; see Joh 15:6, so Jerusalem and the temple were burnt with fire by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Vespasian:
they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance; that is, the Israelites, signified by the vine, whose destruction was owing to the wrath of God upon them for their sins; he frowned upon them, and rebuked them in his hot displeasure, and to that their ruin was owing; others were only instruments in his hands. Some understand this as a wish or imprecation, let them that cut down the vine, and burn it with fire, perish at the rebuke of thy countenance; see Psa 68:1, so the Targum.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. The vineyard which thy right hand hath…
Verse 15. The vineyard which thy right hand hath planted] Thy holy and pure worship, which thy Almighty power had established in this city.
And the branch - thou madest strong for thy self.] The original ועל בן veal ben, "and upon the SON whom thou hast strengthened for thyself." Many have thought that the Lord Jesus is meant. And so the Chaldee understood it, as it translates the passage thus: ועל מלכא משיחא veal MALCA MESHICHA, And upon the King Messiah, whom thou hast strengthened for thyself." The Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic, and Arabic, have, "the Son of man,' as in the seventeenth verse. Eighteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have בן אדם ben Adam, "Son of man," and as the Versions have all the same reading, it was probably that of the original copies. As Christ seems here to be intended, this is the first place in the Old Testament where the title Son of man is applied to him. The old Psalter understands this of setting Christ at the right hand of God.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 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 And the vineyard ... - Gesenius renders this as…
And the vineyard ... - Gesenius renders this as a verb: “Protect;” that is, “Protect or defend what thy right hand hath planted.” So the Septuagint renders it κατάρτισαι katartisai - and the Vulgate, perfice, fit, prepare, order. Prof. Alexander renders it sustain. DeWette, “Guard what thy right hand hath planted.” This is doubtless the true idea. It is a prayer that God would guard, sustain, defend what he had planted; to wit, the vine which he had brought out of Egypt, Psa 80:8.
And the branch - literally, the son; that is, the offspring or shoots of the vine. Not merely the original plant - the parent stock - but all the branches which had sprung from it and which had spread themselves over the land.
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That thou madest strong for thyself - Thou didst cause it to grow so vigorously for thine own use or honor. On that account, we now call on thee to defend what is thine own.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 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 15. This verse presents serious ambiguities and difficulties. The…
15. This verse presents serious ambiguities and difficulties. The first word may be rendered as a substantive, in close connexion with Psa_80:14, and the vineyard, or better as R.V. and the stock: or, as in R.V. marg., as a verb: and protect (or maintain) that which thy right hand hath planted. The second rendering is preferable, though not wholly free from difficulty.
the branch] Or, the son, which is the literal meaning of the word. Cp. Exo_4:22; Hos_11:1. Probably an allusion to Gen_49:22. The Targum interprets, “and upon Messiah the king, whom thou hast made strong for thyself.” But the primary reference is obviously to the nation.
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madest strong] Tending it with loving care till it grew up: cp. Psa. 39:21; Isa_1:2.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (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 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted;…
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted; rather, the stock. (So Kay, Cheyne, and the Revised Version.) Some, however, regard hNk as a verb, and translate, "Establish that which thy right hand has planted" (see the LXX, Michaelis, Hupfeld, Canon Cook, and others). And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself; literally, the son, which may mean the offshoot. (comp. Gen_49:22) Is this offshoot Ephraim? or is the entire vine, all Israel, intended?
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand…
Ver. 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted. Shall all thy care be lost? Thou has done so much, wilt thou lose thy labour? With thy power and wisdom thou didst great things for thy people, wilt thou now utterly give them up, and suffer thine enemies to exult in the evil which they delight in?
And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. A prayer for the leader whom the Lord had raised up, or for the Messiah whom they expected. Though the vine had been left, yet one branch had been regarded of the Lord, as if to furnish a scion for another vine; therefore, is the prayer made in this form. Let us pray the Lord, if he will not in the first place look upon his church, to look upon the Lord Jesus, and then behold her in mercy for his sake. This is the true art of prayer, to put Christ forward and cry,
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"Him and then the sinner see,
Look through Jesus' wounds on me."
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 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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