Psalm 80:7-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 80:1-7

The psalmist here, in the name of the church, applies to God by prayer, with reference to the present afflicted state of Israel. I. He entreats God's favour for them (Ps. 80:1, 2); that is all in all to the sanctuary when it is desolate, and is to be sought in the first place. Observe, 1. How he eyes God in his address as the Shepherd of Israel, whom he had called the sheep of his pasture (Ps. 79:13), under whose guidance and care Israel was, as the sheep are under the care and conduct of the... read more

Matthew Henry

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 80:7

Turn us again, O God of hosts ,.... The same with Psalm 80:3 , only instead of God there, here it is "the God of hosts"; the repetition of these words shows what was uppermost on the minds of God's people; what they were longing for, and most desirous of, namely, the light of God's countenance. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:8

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ,.... The house of Israel, who are like unto a vine, as the Targum paraphrases it; and to a vine or vineyard are they often compared; see Isaiah 5:1 , Jeremiah 2:21 . These were in Egypt awhile, where they were grievously oppressed and trampled upon; and yet the more they were afflicted, the more they grew and multiplied; and from hence the Lord brought them in due time, with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; he caused them to go out ; the word... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:9

Thou preparedst room before it ,.... By sending the hornet before the Israelites, and driving the Canaanites out of the land, Exodus 23:28 and so the Targum, "thou didst remove from before thee the Canaanites;' which made way and room for them: and thus the Lord prepared room for his interest, church, and people, in the Gentile world, in the first times of Christianity, by sending the Gospel into all parts of it, and making it successful, and still there is room, Luke 14:22 . and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:10

The hills were covered with the shadow of it ,.... Alluding to the land of Canaan, which was a mountainous and hilly country, at least some part of it; hence we read of the hill country of Judea, Luke 1:39 and to the nature of vines, which delight to grow on hills and mountains F16 "Bacchus amat colles----" Virgil Georgic. l. 2. v. 113. : in a figurative sense this may denote the subjection of kings and kingdoms, comparable to hills, to the Israelites in the times of David and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:11

She sent out her boughs unto the sea ,.... The Mediterranean, or midland sea, which was the border of the land of Canaan to the west: and her branches unto the river ; the river Euphrates, which was its border to the east; see Deuteronomy 11:24 . This, in the spiritual sense of it, will have its accomplishment in the church of Christ, when he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, Psalm 72:8 . The Targum is, "she sent out her disciples to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:12

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges ,.... After having done all this for her; which signifies the Lord's removing his presence, power, and protection, from Israel; which were the hedge he set about them, and by which they were secured and defended from their enemies; but these being gone, they became an easy prey to them; see Job 1:10 , the hedge about the church and people of God are the angels that encamp about them; salvation, which is as walls and bulwarks to them; and the Lord... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:14

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts ,.... The Lord had been with his vine, the people of Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, and planted and settled them in the land of Canaan, and made them a flourishing people; but had departed from them when he suffered the hedges about them to be broken down, and the boar and wild beast to enter and devour them; and here he is entreated to return and restore them to their former prosperity. So the Lord sometimes departs from his church and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 80:1-7

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:12

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 80:14

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