RRB notes on Psalm 80

Psalms 80 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

1. Give ear, O Shepherd [a] of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. [b]

[a] Isa. 40:11, 63:11.

[b] Vs. 3; Psa. 31:16, 67:1; Isa. 60:1; Dan. 9:17.

2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

3. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

4. O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? [c]

[c] Psa. 79:5; Lev. 26:19; Deut. 28:23.

5. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7. Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. [d] 

[d] Gen. 49:22; a description of Israel’s prosperity under David and Solomon.

11. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

12. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, [e] so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

[e] The Jew in the Tribulation, as pictured by Job (Job 1:10-11; see also Isa. 5:5-7).

13. The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, [f] and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

[f] Matt. 21:33-46; also see note on 1 Kings 21:8.

16. It is burned with fire, [g] it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

[g] Lam. 2:3-4, 4:11.

17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, [h] upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

[h] Jesus Christ (see note on Ezra 7:28).

18. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

19. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; [i] and we shall be saved. [j] 

[i] Vss. 1, 3; Num. 6:25.

[j] Rom. 11:26.

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Note on 1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. [2]

[2] Notice how Naboth follows the path of Jesus Christ almost “to the letter” in regards to his death. Christ was murdered at a religious festival (vs. 9) and had false witnesses against Him (vs. 10). He was betrayed by the religious and political leaders (vs. 11), accused of blasphemy (vs. 13), killed outside the city (vs. 13), and presumed to be dead (vs. 15). He only misses the “stoning” because of the Scriptures (John 19:36-37). For another type like this, see Daniel 6.

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Note on Ezra 7:28 KJV

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God [6] was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

[6] Notice the expression, “the hand of . . . God,” used here as it is found again in Ezra 8:18, 22. The “right hand of God” is used many times in the Bible to represent Jesus Christ Himself (Psa. 17:7, 20:6, 21:8, 45:4, 48:10, 108:6, 110:5, 138:7, etc.).

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