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[Psalms 80:1](../../../kjv/psalms/80/1) « To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. » Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
**Upon Shoshannim-Eduth** ] Which some render the lilies of the testimony, and interpret of the Jewish polity or commonwealth, called by Josephus θεοκρατεια , that is, a God-government. Kimchi saith that Shoshannim-Eduth is species *toni nobis hodie ignota,* a kind of musical strain not known to us today.
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Ver. 1. **Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel** ] Thou that feedest thy people, watchest over them, defendest, redeemest, reducest them; thou that handlest them, curest them, washest them, drivest them as they are able to go, carryest them in thy bosom, doest all the offices of a good shepherd for them. In calling upon God it is wisdom to make choice of fit appellations and attributes, such as may strengthen our faith and increase our fervour.
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**Thou that leadest Joseph** ] Joseph is named *quia nobilis inter fratres,* saith Austin; the first birthright was taken from Reuben, and given to Joseph, [1 Chronicles 5:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/1) , hence he is put for the whole people.
Thou that dwellest between (or sittest upon) the cherubims] Those winged creatures that covered the mercy seat, the ark, and the two tables of the law within it; and all, to set forth Christ covering the curses of the law, and graciously dwelling with the sons of men, to the admiration of angels.
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**Shine forth** ] Show thy power in saving thy people and punishing their enemies. Shine as the sun doth in his strength.

Psa 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.
Ver. 2. **Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh** ] These three tribes went next after the ark, when it removed, [Numbers 2:18-24](../../../kjv/numbers/2/18-24) ; [Numbers 10:22-24](../../../kjv/numbers/10/22-24)
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**Stir up thy strength** ] Which seemeth at present to lie dormant.

Psa 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ver. 3. **Turn us again** ] Turn again our captivity, or show thyself reconciled unto us in Christ, who is here called the face of God, as some conceive.

Psa 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Ver. 4. **O Lord God of hosts** ] *Iehova bellipotens Deus.* God hath his upper and nether forces, as his horse and foot, ready pressed, say the Rabbis.
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**How long wilt thou be angry** ] Heb. wilt thou smoke? As angry people seem to send out smoke at their nostrils.
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**Against the prayer of thy people** ] This is a sore affliction to the saints, that their prayers seem to be ineffectual.

Psa 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Ver. 5. **Thou feedest them with the bread of tears** ] *Panibus fletu intinctis* (Chald.). It is as ordinary with them to weep as it is with men to eat and drink (Kimchi).
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**And givest them tears to drink in great measure** ] *Trientales* they are *Tricongii* in a sense, to their sorrow. They are afflicted even to utmost satiety. See [Psalms 42:3](../../../kjv/psalms/42/3) . Holy Bradford oft mused at his meal, having his hat over his eyes, from whence came commonly plenty of tears dropping on his trencher (Acts aud Mon. 1457).

Psa 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Ver. 6. **Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours** ] We have as many enemies as neighbours, all striving to enslave us. We are crushed between them as corn is between millstones.
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**And our enemies laugh among themselves** ] Make them merry in our misery, revel in our ruins.

Psa 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ver. 7. **Turn us again, O God of hosts** ] See [Psalms 80:3](../../../kjv/psalms/80/3) , and observe that there it was only, "Turn us again, O God," here, "O God of hosts," and [Psalms 80:19](../../../kjv/psalms/80/19) , "O Lord God of hosts." As the bird by much waving gathereth wind under the wing, and mounteth higher; so doth faith in prayer, *viresque acquirit eundo.*

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Psa 80:8 *Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.*
Ver. 8. **Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt** ] The Church is oft set forth by this similitude. The Rabbis say that Solomon made a vine of gold in the temple. Athenaeus telleth us that the kings of Persia sat under a golden vine having bunches of smaragds and other stately stones. All this was nothing to God’s vine, that plant of renown, brought out of Egypt (where it got no good, [Ezekiel 34:29](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/29) ; Eze 20:8 ), and set in a better soil.

Psa 80:9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Ver. 9. **Thou preparedst room before it** ] Espying out a fit place to plant it in, [Ezekiel 20:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/6) , and making clean work before it, as some render the words ( *Expurgasti coram ea* ), by pulling up those bad and barren weeds, the Canaanites, that might have hindered its growth.
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**And didst cause it to take deep root** ] viz. By thy digging, dressing, watering, and mounding it; as of all possessions, none requireth greater care than that of vineyards, saith Care; and there is a peculiar affection in men toward the vine above all trees, as another observeth.

Psa 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.
Ver. 10. **The hills were covered, &c.** ] The Israelites grew amain in wealth, power, and multitude of men; witness their huge armies and valiant acts, though the country was not above 200 miles long, and 50 miles broad.

Psa 80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Ver. 11. **She sent out her boughs unto the sea** ] The midland sea.
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**And her branches unto the river** ] Euphrates. This was first done in David’s days.

Psa 80:12 Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Ver. 12. **Why hast thou then broken down her hedges?** ] *i.e.* Taken away thy mighty hand hitherto held over her. This befell not till they degenerated into a strange vine, [Jeremiah 2:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/21) , and brought forth wild grapes, [Isaiah 5:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/4) .

Psa 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Ver. 13. **The boar out of the wood** ] All swine (but wild ones especially) are *vitibus inimici,* saith Theodoret, destructions to vines. And Melancthon thinks that therefore God forbad the Jews to eat swine’s flesh, *Eo quod sues omnia sursum deorsum vertant vastentque,* because they turn up all, rooting things up by the roots, as the word here signifieth, *Exvineavit,* ελυμηνατο αυτην (Sept.). Austin understands it of Vespasian, others of Antiochus, or Antichrist.
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**And the wild beast** ] The soldiers, [2 Chronicles 25:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/18) .

Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Ver. 14. **Visit this vine** ] Some understand it of Christ’s incarnation, [Luke 1:78](../../../kjv/luke/1/78) .

Psa 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.
Ver. 15. **And the vineyard** ] *Vitiarium, surculum, plantulam.*

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*[Psalms 80:16](../../../kjv/psalms/80/16)* *[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.*
Ver. 16. **They perish** ] *Scilicet palmites, et propagines,* [Psalms 80:10-11](../../../kjv/psalms/80/10-11) .

Psa 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.
Ver. 17. **The man of thy right hand** ] *i.e.* Israel, or the Messiah.

Psa 80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Ver. 18. **So will not we go back** ] A promise of gratitude, which is usually annexed to prayers for deliverance.

Psa 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ver. 19. **Turn us again** ] See [Psalms 80:7](../../../kjv/psalms/80/7) . Prayers are like arrows of deliverance, which would be multiplied and enlarged, [2 Kings 13:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/17) .

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