So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 18. So shall we not go back from thee (R.V.), bound to Thee by a fresh tie of allegiance. quicken us ] The restoration of our national life (Hos 6:2) will evoke a fresh response of grateful praise. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:18”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:17
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself. 17. A repetition of Psa 80:15, dropping the metaphor. Extend Thy hand, put forth Thy power to protect the people which Thy right hand made into a nation and delivered from Egypt. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:17”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:16
[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 16. The gender of the word shews that it refers to the vine. Cut down, as fit for nothing but fuel. Cp. Isa 33:12; Eze 15:4. they perish &c.] The figure is dropped. The Israelites perish, for God … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:16”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:15
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself. 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. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:15”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 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. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 14 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 13. The boar out of the forest doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. “Under Hermon,” says Dr Tristram, “in the vineyard districts, we heard grievous lamentations of the damage … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:13”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 12. Why &c.] The question is half expostulation, half inquiry, for Israel’s present plight is a riddle to the Psalmist. hedges ] R.V. fences. Vineyards were always carefully fenced to protect them (Isa 5:5). Almost … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 11. She sent out her branches unto the sea, And her shoots unto the River (R.V.), spreading westward to the Mediterranean, and eastward to the Euphrates, boundaries approximately realised in the time of David and Solomon. See Psa 72:8; Gen 15:18; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:10
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars. 10. The hills ] The mountains. the goodly cedars ] Cedars of God ( El), those “which he hath planted,” the indigenous cedars of Lebanon, noblest of forest trees. Cp. “mountains of God” (Psa 36:6). The alternative … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:9
Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 9. Thou preparedst room before it ] As the vinedresser prepares the ground for his vine by clearing away the stones and thorns and all that would hinder its free growth (Isa 5:2), so God prepared Canaan … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:9”