Psalm 80:8-14 NASB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:10

The hills were covered - read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:11

She sent out her boughs unto the sea and her branches unto the river - The Israelitish empire extended from the River Euphrates on the east to the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and from the same Euphrates on the north of the promised land to its farthest extent on the south; Syria bounding the north, and Arabia and Egypt the south. And this was according to the promises which God had made to the fathers, Exodus 23:31 ; Deuteronomy 11:24 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:12

Why hast thou broken down - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:13

The boar out of the wood - Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who was a fierce and cruel sovereign. The allusion is plain. The wild hops and buffaloes make sad havoc in the fields of the Hindoos, and in their orchards: to keep them out, men are placed at night on covered stages in the fields. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:14

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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:8

Verse 8 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt. Under the figure of a vine, the singular grace which God was graciously pleased to exercise towards his people after he had redeemed them is celebrated; and this powerfully contributed to inspire them with the hope of being heard. For which of us can be so presumptuous as to dare to come into the presence of God until he himself has previously invited us? Now, he allures us to himself both by his benefits and by his word. The object in view in now... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:12

Verse 12 12Why then hast thou broken down its hedges? This is the application of the similitude; for nothing seems more inconsistent than that God should abandon the vine which he had planted with his own hand, to be rooted up by wild beasts. It is true that he often threatened and forewarned the people by his prophets that he would do this; but what constrained him to inflict upon them so strange and dreadful a species of punishment was, that he might render their ingratitude the more... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:14

Verse 14 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:1-19

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:1-19

God's redemption. "It is not a bringing back out of exile that is here prayed for, for the people are still on the soil of their own country; but in their present Feebleness they are no longer like themselves, but stand in need of Divine intervention, the shining forth of the hidden countenance of God, in order again to attain a condition that is in harmony with the promises." Suggests— I. GOD HAS MADE A GLORIOUS REDEMPTION POSSIBLE FOR US . ( Psalms 80:8 .) Has... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:1-19

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