Psalm 80:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 80:8-19

The psalmist is here presenting his suit for the Israel of God, and pressing it home at the throne of grace, pleading with God for mercy and grace for them. The church is here represented as a vine (Ps. 80:8, 14) and a vineyard, Ps. 80:15. The root of this vine is Christ, Rom. 11:18. The branches are believers, John 15:5. The church is like a vine, weak and needing support, unsightly and having an unpromising outside, but spreading and fruitful, and its fruit most excellent. The church is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:13

The boar out of the wood doth waste it ,.... As Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, who carried the ten tribes captive; the title of this psalm in the Septuagint version is, a psalm for the Assyrian. Vitringa, on Isaiah 24:2 interprets this of Antiochus Epiphanes, to whose times he thinks the psalm refers; but the Jews F18 Gloss. in T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 118. 2. of the fourth beast in Daniel 7:7 , which designs the Roman empire: the wild boar is alluded to, which lives in woods and... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:3-18

A cry of weakness, a prayer of faith, "Turn us … we shall be turned." The life of the individual, of the Church, of the nation, depends not on means, methods, forms, institutions. With God is the fountain of life. These words are a cry of weakness, helplessness, humiliation; but also a prayer of faith, hope, joyful expectancy. I. A CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS , DANGER , SIN . 1 . In ordinary affairs a sense of weakness, helplessness, despondency, is the forerunner of failure,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:8-15

The vine of God. These verses may be taken— I. AS A SYMBOLIC HISTORY OF ISRAEL . 1 . For God ' s people were as a vine. Designed for fruit; carefully tended; highly esteemed; thoroughly cleansed; diligently guarded. 2 . Israel had been brought out of Egypt. 3 . The nations of Canaan were driven out. 4 . Israel became a settled nation. 5 . Strong. 6 . Populous. "Filled the land;" coveting the hills and the plains. 7 . Dominion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:8-19

The poet, to excite God's compassion, proceeds to depict Israel as it was and as it is. He adopts the figure of a vine, perhaps suggested to him by the description of Joseph in the dying speech of Jacob ( Genesis 49:22 ), and carries out his metaphor, in nine consecutive verses, with great beauty and consistency. Isaiah's description of Israel as a vineyard ( Isaiah 5:1-7 ) is somewhat similar. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:12-13

Bitter experiences as Divine chastisements. The wild boar is a creature which abounds in all parts of Asia Minor, and it is the farmer's greatest plague. It is specially mischievous in vineyards—what with eating and trampling underfoot, it will destroy a vast quantity of grapes in a single night. Homer writes of "A monstrous boar, That levell'd harvests and whole forests tore? The bitter experiences of the vineyard are of three kinds. 1 . The vineyard loses its fence ( Psalms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:13

The boar out of the wood doth waste it . The "boar out of the wood," i.e. the wild boar—is probably Tiglath-pileser ( 2 Kings 15:29 ), or the Assyrian power generally. And the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Other beasts, i.e. other enemies of Israel, join in and share in the plundering (see above, Psalms 80:6 , and comp. Jeremiah 5:6 ). read more

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