Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 80:10
And the boughs, &c.— And the stately cedars with the branches thereof. Mudge.
And the boughs, &c.— And the stately cedars with the branches thereof. Mudge.
Verse Psalms 80:10. _THE HILLS WERE COVERED_] 6. The vine, carefully cultivated in a suitable soil, may be spread to any extent. In the land of Judea it formed shades under which the people not only...
THE HILLS WERE COVERED WITH THE SHADOW OF IT - That is, It made a shade, by its luxuriant foliage, on the hills in every part of the land; it seemed to cover all the hills. AND THE BOUGHS THEREOF WERE...
Psalms 80 Looking to Heaven for Help Through the Man at His Right Hand _ 1. Calling to the Shepherd (Psalms 80:1)_ 2. The ruin of His inheritance (Psalms 80:5) 3. The Man of the right hand ...
LXXX. THEN AND NOW. THE MESSIANIC HOPE. The Ps. depicts Judah's forlorn condition, first directly (Psalms 80:1) and then under the figure of a vine (Psalms 80:8). It is divided into strophes by the re...
THE GOODLY CEDARS. mighty cedars. Hebrew "cedars of El". App-4....
Under the figure of a vine, once carefully tended and spreading far and wide in luxuriant growth, but now exposed to the ravages of wild beasts, the Psalmist contrasts God's former care for His people...
_The hills_ The mountains. _the goodly cedars_ Cedars of God (_El_), those "which he hath planted," the indigenous cedars of Lebanon, noblest of forest trees. Cp. "mountains of God" (Psalms 36:6). The...
PSALMS 80 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer for the Flock and Vine of Israel. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 80:1-3, By Three Significant Titles, Jehovah is besought to interpose for Salvation, before Three Sig...
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. THE HILLS WERE COVERED WITH THE SHADOW OF IT. "The hills" are the mountains on the Canaan, the hill...
80:10 *God; (d-16) Or 'great cedars.' see Psalms 36:6 ....
This Ps. is an appeal to God to save His people from the adversities that have come upon them, and have made them the laughing stock of their enemies (Psalms 80:1). Their past history is recalled unde...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MAKE US UNITED PSALMS 80 Jesus said, "I pray for the people that will believe in me … that they may be united. Then the world will believe that you sent me". ...
GOODLY CEDARS. — Literally, _cedars of God._ The branches of the vine are to grow to resemble the luxuriance of the most magnificent of all forest trees....
_[Psalms 80:11]_ כָּסּ֣וּ הָרִ֣ים צִלָּ֑הּ וַ֝ עֲנָפֶ֗יהָ...
Psalms 80:1 THIS psalm is a monument of some time of great national calamity; but its allusions do not enable us to reach certainty as to what that calamity was. Two striking features of it have been...
“CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE” Psalms 80:8 The imagery of the vine is taken from Jacob's dying words, in which he compared Joseph to a fruitful bough which had grown over the wall, Genesis 49:22. It is th...
Again we have a song out of the midst of distress. There is far more light and colour about it than in the previous one. The circumstances do not seem to be any more favourable than those described be...
_New God. Who must of course be false. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "strange," Exodus xx. 2., and Jeremias xxiii. 23. (Calmet) --- An express law on this head was a great benefit, (Worthington) as most peopl...
If we read this in allusion, first, to the old church dispensation, and then again spiritually to the new, and the Holy Ghost condescends to be our teacher, we shall find rich instruction in the beaut...
In Psalms 80 it is remarkable how we are upon the ground of Israel here, their past or future historical associations, not Christ (though all depends on Him, of course) or the godly Jew in the midst o...
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...
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 o...
_The hills were covered with the shadow of it_ Its branches extended themselves over all the hills and mountains of Canaan; that is, the people multiplied so much, and became so numerous, that they fi...
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars, Israel, as the Church of God, flourishing in its country, which is so largely mountainous, like the ce...
PRAYER FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF THE CHURCH. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, to be rendered in public worship according to the melody "Lilies a Testimony," a psalm of Asaph, the hymn referr...
THE GOODLY CEDARS: _ Heb._ the Cedars of God...
8-16 The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine...
They grew so numerous, that they filled not only the fruitful valleys, but even the barren mountains. GOODLY CEDARS; far differing from ordinary vines, whose boughs are weak and small, and creep upon...
Psalms 80:10 hills H2022 covered H3680 (H8795) shadow H6738 mighty H410 cedars H730 boughs H6057 goodly cedars - Heb. cedars of God,...
Psalms 80:1. _Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strengt...
CONTENTS: The tokens of God's favor besought and the former blessings cited as a basis for present deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: There is no obtaining favor with God until we are c...
Though we know not the occasion on which this song was composed, yet as the tribes still inhabited the land, it probably was written on the same occasion as the preseding, and prays for the same salva...
_Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock._ THE ALMIGHTY IN RELATION TO ERRING MAN I. As a shepherd (Psalms 80:1). 1. His flock indicated. “Joseph” may stand for all Is...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 80:1. This is a community lament for a situation in which the people have received hard treatment from the Gentiles. It asks God to “restore us, let your face shine that we...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 80:8 This is the longest stanza, with its image of God’s people as a VINE for which God has cared and provided (see notes on Jer. 2:21;...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth_.” On “_Shoshannim_” see Introduction to Psalms 45. Probably “Shoshannim—Eduth” denotes “the melody or air ‘after’ or ‘in t...
EXPOSITION A PSALM in which the writer entreats God to restore his favour once more to Israel, and especially to the ten tribes, who are in affliction, and in danger of perishing (Psalms 80:1, Psalms...
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine foRuth (Psalms 80:1). God's dwelling between the cherubim. Actually, in the book...
Psalms 104:16...
THE STORY OF THE VINE Psalms 80:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The vine tree is a type of Israel. When Jesus Christ gave the parable of the vine and the branches He said: "I am the True Vine, and * * ye...
The hills — They filled not only the fruitful valleys, but even the barren mountains....