Psalms 80:18 - Exposition

So will not we go back from thee; i.e. "we shall not go hack from thee any more ." Gratitude for our deliverance will hind us fast to thy service. Quicken us (comp. Hosea 6:2 ). The prayer is for national rather than spiritual life—for a recovery from the destruction which has almost come upon them ( Psalms 80:16 ). And we will call upon thy Name ; i.e. we will be faithful to thee henceforth; we will not go after other gods, but "call upon" thee, and thee only. The poet makes himself the spokesman of the whole nation.