Psalms 80:1

UPON SHOSHANNIM-EDUTH. The testimony relating to the Feast of the second Passover (Numbers 9:5. Compare 2 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 30:23. The other of the two Psalmsthus called is Psalms 59. See App-65.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:2

BEFORE.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "For the sons of". EPHRAIM AND BENJAMIN AND MANASSEH. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ App-6), calling our attention to these three. They were descended from Rachel, and marched together in the rear (Numbers 2:18). As Judah, Iss... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:3

TURN US AGAIN. Figure of speech _Cycloides_ (App-6) governing the Structure. Compare verses: Psalms 80:7; Psalms 80:19. Not from captivity, but from idolatry to the true worship. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Note the significant order: Psalms 80:3, "O God"; Psalms 80:7, "O God of hosts"; Psalms 80... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:4

O LORD GOD OF HOSTS. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Elohim Zebaioth. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. Not common in the Psalms, but occurring in Psalms 59:6 and Psalms 84:8. HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:8

A VINE. Compare Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 27:2; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 12:10; Psalms 80:11 connects Joseph and Genesis 49:22. HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:13

THE WOOD. forest. The Hebrew word for forest here (_miyya'ar)_, has the letter _Ayin_ suspended (see note on Judges 18:30). This is the second of four such suspended letters (the other two being Job 38:13; Job 38:15). Read _with_ this letter, the word means "forest"; _without_ it, and with an _Aleph... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:14

RETURN. Compare verses: Psalms 80:3; Psalms 80:7; Psalms 80:19, and see the Structure above. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) for emphasis. Almost an Ellipsis. "[once more] look down, [once more] behold, [once more] visit".... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 80:15

AND THE. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "And [protect] the". BRANCH. son. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "son of man", as in Psalms 80:17.... [ Continue Reading ]

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