Psalm 80:4-7 KJV

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 80:4

O Lord God of hosts . A form of address unusual in the Psalms, but occurring in Psalms 59:5 ; Psalms 84:8 ; and below in verse 18. How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? literally, how long wilt thou smoke? (comp. Psalms 74:1 ). "Against the prayer" means "in spite of the prayer," or "notwithstanding the prayer." Ordinarily, God forgives, and ceases from his anger, as soon as the afflicted one makes earnest prayer to him. But this is not always so. A time... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:4

The refusal of prayer. "How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?" The sign of the anger was God's not heeding their cry. "They asked and received not, because they asked amiss." The Prophet Isaiah ( Isaiah 1:15 ) even represents God as saying to his sinful people, "When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood." And the prophet, for himself, says ( Isaiah 59:2 ), "Your... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:5

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears (comp. Psalms 42:2 , "My tears have been my meat day and night"). And givest them tears to drink in great measure ; or, and givest them to drink a copious draught of tears; literally, shalish is a measure of capacity, probably the third part of an ephah (see Isaiah 40:12 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:5

Tears to drink: the mission of troublous experiences. "Givest them tears to drink in great measure." Reference must be to the dreariness and hopelessness and misery of the captives in Babylon. There was no other time in the national history when the expression was so suitable. The misery is forcibly pictured in Psalms 137:1-9 . When the eyes of the exiles were full of tears, it was bitterness indeed to be asked to sing "one of the songs of Zion." "How could they sing the Lord's song in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:6

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours. A great invasion, Assyrian or Babylonian, was always a signal to the near neighbours of Israel—Syria, Moab, Ammon, Edom—to indulge in hostilities (see 2 Kings 24:2 ). And our enemies laugh among themselves (comp. Psalms 44:13 ; Psalms 79:4 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:7

Turn us again, O Goal of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Here the refrain occurs for the second time, but with the slight variation or "O God of hosts" instead of "O God" simply (see the comment on Psalms 80:19 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 80:4

O Lord God of hosts - Yahweh, God of armies. That is either(a) the God who rules among the hosts of heaven - the inhabitants of that holy world; or(b) God of the hosts of the sky - the worlds above - the stars, that seem marshalled as hosts or armies, and that are led forth each night with such order and grandeur; or(c) God of the hosts on earth - the armies that are mustered for war. The phrase is one which is often applied to God. See the notes at Psalms 24:10; and at Isaiah 1:24.How long... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 80:5

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears - literally, “Thou causest them to eat the bread of tears,” or of weeping. That is, their food was accompanied with tears; even when they ate, they wept. Their tears seemed to moisten their bread, they flowed so copiously. See the notes at Psalms 42:3.And givest them tears to drink - So abundant were their tears that they might constitute their very drink.In great measure - Or rather by measure; that is, abundantly. The word here rendered “great... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:3-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 80:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 80:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 80:5

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