Psalm 80:11-19

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:15

The vineyard which thy right hand hath planted - Thy holy and pure worship which thy Almighty power had established in this city. And the branch - thou madest strong for thy self - The original בן ועל veal ben , "and upon the Son whom thou hast strengthened for thyself." Many have thought that the Lord Jesus is meant. And so the Chaldee understood it, as it translates the passage thus: משיחא מלכא ועל veal Malca Meshicha, And upon the King Messiah, whom thou hast strengthened for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:17

The man of thy right hand - The only person who can be said to be at the right hand of God as intercessor, is Jesus the Messiah. Let him become our Deliverer: appoint him for this purpose, and let his strength be manifested In our weakness! By whom are the Jews to be restored, if indeed they ever be restored to their own land, but by Jesus Christ? By Him alone can they find mercy; through Him alone can they ever be reconciled to God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:18

So wilt not we go back from thee - We shall no more become idolaters: and it is allowed on all hands that the Jews were never guilty of idolatry after their return from the Babylonish captivity. Quicken us - Make us alive, for we are nearly as good as dead. We will call upon they name - We will invoke thee. Thou shalt be for ever the object of our adoration, and the center of all our hopes. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 80:19

Turn as again - Redeem us from this captivity. O Lord God of hosts - Thou who hast all power in heaven and earth, the innumerable hosts of both worlds being at thy command. Cause thy face to shine - Let us know that thou art reconciled to us. Let us once more enjoy thy approbation. Smile upon thy poor rebels, weary of their sins, and prostrate at thy feet, imploring mercy. And we shall be saved - From the power and oppression of the Chaldeans, from the guilt and condemnation of... 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

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