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Selected Verse: Psalms 80:1 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
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Ps 80:1 |
Strong Concordance |
To the chief Musician [05329] upon Shoshannimeduth [07802], A Psalm [04210] of Asaph [0623]. Give ear [0238], O Shepherd [07462] of Israel [03478], thou that leadest [05090] Joseph [03130] like a flock [06629]; thou that dwellest [03427] between the cherubims [03742], shine forth [03313]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Shoshannim--"Lilies" (see on Psa 45:1, title). Eduth--Testimony, referring to the topic as a testimony of God to His people (compare Psa 19:7). This Psalm probably relates to the captivity of the ten tribes, as the former to that of Judah. Its complaint is aggravated by the contrast of former prosperity, and the prayer for relief occurs as a refrain through the Psalm. (Psa. 80:1-19)
Joseph--for Ephraim (Ch1 7:20-29; Psa 78:67; Rev 7:8), for Israel.
Shepherd--(Compare Gen 49:24).
leadest, &c.-- (Psa 77:20).
dwellest . . . cherubim-- (Exo 25:20); the place of God's visible glory, whence He communed with the people (Heb 9:5).
shine forth--appear (Psa 50:2; Psa 94:1). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Give ear - Incline the ear; as if the ear of God was then turned away, or as if he was inattentive to what was occurring. See the notes at Psa 5:1. O Shepherd of Israel. See the notes at Psa 23:1.
Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock - Joseph, the father of Ephraim and Manasseh. See the notes at Psa 78:67. The name Joseph seems here to be used poetically to represent the whole people of Israel, as he was a man so prominent in their history, and especially as Egypt is mentioned as the country from which the vine had been transplanted - a country where Joseph had acted so important a part, and in connection with which his name would be so naturally associated. The meaning is, that God had led the tribes of the Hebrew people as a shepherd leads or conducts his flock.
Thou that dwellest between the cherubims - See the notes at Psa 18:10. The allusion here is to God as dwelling, by a visible symbol - the Shechinah - on the mercy-seat, between the cherubims. Exo 25:18, Exo 25:22; Exo 37:7; Sa1 4:4; Kg1 6:25. See the notes at Isa 37:16; and notes at Heb 9:5. "Shine, forth." Manifest thyself. Let light come from thy presence in the midst of our darkness and calamity. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Shoshannim
See title note;
(See Scofield) - (Psa 45:1). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The first strophe contains nothing but petition. First of all the nation is called Israel as springing from Jacob; then, as in Psa 81:6, Joseph, which, where it is distinct from Jacob or Judah, is the name of the kingdom of the ten tribes (vid., Caspari on Oba 1:18), or at least of the northern tribes (Psa 77:16; Psa 78:67.). Psa 80:3 shows that it is also these that are pre-eminently intended here. The fact that in the blessing of Joseph, Jacob calls God a Shepherd (רעה), Gen 48:15; Gen 49:24, perhaps has somewhat to do with the choice of the first two names. In the third, the sitting enthroned in the sanctuary here below and in the heaven above blend together; for the Old Testament is conscious of a mutual relationship between the earthly and the heavenly temple (היכל) until the one merges entirely in the other. The cherbim, which God enthrones, i.e., upon which He sits enthroned, are the bearers of the chariot (מרכבה) of the Ruler of the world (vid., Psa 18:11). With הופיעה (from יפע, Arab. yf‛, eminere, emicare, as in the Asaph Psa 50:2) the poet prays that He would appear in His splendour of light, i.e., in His fiery bright, judging, and rescuing doxa, whether as directly visible, or even as only recognisable by its operation. Both the comparison, "after the manner of a flock" and the verb נהג are Asaphic, Psa 78:52, cf. Psa 26:1-12. Just so also the names given to the nation. The designation of Israel after the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh attaches itself to the name Joseph; and the two take the brother after the flesh into their midst, of whom the beloved Rachel was the mother as well as of Joseph, the father of Ephraim and Manasseh. In Num. 2 also, these three are not separated, but have their camp on the west side of the Tabernacle. May God again put into activity - which is the meaning of עורר (excitare) in distinction from חעיר (expergefacere) - His גבורה, the need for the energetic intervention of which now makes itself felt, before these three tribes, i.e., by becoming their victorious leader. לכה is a summoning imperative.
(Note: Not a pronoun: to Thee it belongs to be for salvation for us, as the Talmud, Midrash, and Masora (vid., Norzi) take it; wherefore in J. Succa 54c it is straightway written לך. Such a לכה = לך is called in the language of the Masora, and even in the Midrash (Exod. Rabba, fol. 121), לכה ודאית (vid., Buxtorf, Tiberias, p. 245).)
Concerning ישׁעתה vid., on Psa 3:3; the construction with Lamed says as little against the accusative adverbial rendering of the ah set forth there as does the Beth of בּחרשׁה (in the wood) in Sa1 23:15, vid., Bttcher's Neue Aehrenlese, Nos. 221, 384, 449. It is not a bringing back out of the Exile that is prayed for by השׁתבנוּ, for, according to the whole impression conveyed by the Psalm, the people are still on the soil of their fatherland; but in their present feebleness they are no longer like themselves, they stand in need of divine intervention in order again to attain a condition that is in harmony with the promises, in order to become themselves again. May God then cause His long hidden countenance to brighten and shine upon them, then shall they be helped as they desire (ונוּשׁעה). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Joseph - The children of Joseph or Israel. The name of Joseph, the most eminent of the patriarchs, is elsewhere put for all the tribes. Cherubim - Which were by the mercy seat above the ark. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
O Shepherd of Israel - The subject continued from the last verse of the preceding Psalm.
Leadest Joseph - Israel and Joseph mean here the whole of the Jewish tribes; all were at this time in captivity; all had been the people of the Lord; all, no doubt, made supplication unto him now that his chastening hand was upon them; and for all the psalmist makes supplication.
That dwellest between the cherubims - It was between the cherubim, over the cover of the ark, called the propitiatory or mercy-seat, that the glory of the Lord, or symbol of the Divine Presence, appeared. It is on this account that the Lord is so often said to dwell between the cherubim. Of these symbolical beings there is a long and painful account, or system of conjectures, in Parkhurst's Hebrew Lexicon, of about twenty quarto pages, under the word כרב carab.
Shine forth - Restore thy worship; and give us such evidences of thy presence now, as our fathers had under the first tabernacle, and afterwards in the temple built by Solomon. |
1 O LORD [03068] God [0410], to whom vengeance [05360] belongeth; O God [0410], to whom vengeance [05360] belongeth, shew [03313] thyself.
2 Out of Zion [06726], the perfection [04359] of beauty [03308], God [0430] hath shined [03313].
5 And [1161] over [5231] it [846] the cherubims [5502] of glory [1391] shadowing [2683] the mercyseat [2435]; of [4012] which [3739] we cannot [3756] [2076] now [3568] speak [3004] particularly [2596] [3313].
20 And the cherubims [03742] shall stretch [06566] forth their wings [03671] on high [04605], covering [05526] the mercy seat [03727] with their wings [03671], and their faces [06440] shall look one [0376] to another [0251]; toward the mercy seat [03727] shall the faces [06440] of the cherubims [03742] be.
20 Thou leddest [05148] thy people [05971] like a flock [06629] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175].
24 But his bow [07198] abode [03427] in strength [0386], and the arms [02220] of his hands [03027] were made strong [06339] by the hands [03027] of the mighty [046] God of Jacob [03290]; (from thence is the shepherd [07462], the stone [068] of Israel [03478]:)
8 Of [1537] the tribe [5443] of Zabulon [2194] were sealed [4972] twelve [1427] thousand [5505]. Of [1537] the tribe [5443] of Joseph [2501] were sealed [4972] twelve [1427] thousand [5505]. Of [1537] the tribe [5443] of Benjamin [958] were sealed [4972] twelve [1427] thousand [5505].
67 Moreover he refused [03988] the tabernacle [0168] of Joseph [03130], and chose [0977] not the tribe [07626] of Ephraim [0669]:
20 And the sons [01121] of Ephraim [0669]; Shuthelah [07803], and Bered [01260] his son [01121], and Tahath [08480] his son [01121], and Eladah [0497] his son [01121], and Tahath [08480] his son [01121],
21 And Zabad [02066] his son [01121], and Shuthelah [07803] his son [01121], and Ezer [05827], and Elead [0496], whom the men [0582] of Gath [01661] that were born [03205] in that land [0776] slew [02026], because they came down [03381] to take away [03947] their cattle [04735].
22 And Ephraim [0669] their father [01] mourned [056] many [07227] days [03117], and his brethren [0251] came [0935] to comfort [05162] him.
23 And when he went in [0935] to his wife [0802], she conceived [02029], and bare [03205] a son [01121], and he called [07121] his name [08034] Beriah [01283], because it went evil [07451] with his house [01004].
24 (And his daughter [01323] was Sherah [07609], who built [01129] Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], and the upper [05945], and Uzzensherah [0242].)
25 And Rephah [07506] was his son [01121], also Resheph [07566], and Telah [08520] his son [01121], and Tahan [08465] his son [01121],
26 Laadan [03936] his son [01121], Ammihud [05989] his son [01121], Elishama [0476] his son [01121],
27 Non [05126] his son [01121], Jehoshua [03091] his son [01121].
28 And their possessions [0272] and habitations [04186] were, Bethel [01008] and the towns [01323] thereof, and eastward [04217] Naaran [05295], and westward [04628] Gezer [01507], with the towns [01323] thereof; Shechem [07927] also and the towns [01323] thereof, unto Gaza [05804] and the towns [01323] thereof:
29 And by the borders [03027] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519], Bethshean [01052] and her towns [01323], Taanach [08590] and her towns [01323], Megiddo [04023] and her towns [01323], Dor [01756] and her towns [01323]. In these dwelt [03427] the children [01121] of Joseph [03130] the son [01121] of Israel [03478].
7 The law [08451] of the LORD [03068] is perfect [08549], converting [07725] the soul [05315]: the testimony [05715] of the LORD [03068] is sure [0539], making wise [02449] the simple [06612].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Shoshannim [07799], for the sons [01121] of Korah [07141], Maschil [04905], A Song [07892] of loves [03039]. My heart [03820] is inditing [07370] a good [02896] matter [01697]: I speak [0559] of the things which I have made [04639] touching the king [04428]: my tongue [03956] is the pen [05842] of a ready [04106] writer [05608].
5 And [1161] over [5231] it [846] the cherubims [5502] of glory [1391] shadowing [2683] the mercyseat [2435]; of [4012] which [3739] we cannot [3756] [2076] now [3568] speak [3004] particularly [2596] [3313].
16 O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], God [0430] of Israel [03478], that dwellest [03427] between the cherubims [03742], thou art the God [0430], even thou alone, of all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776]: thou hast made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776].
25 And the other [08145] cherub [03742] was ten [06235] cubits [0520]: both [08147] the cherubims [03742] were of one [0259] measure [04060] and one [0259] size [07095].
4 So the people [05971] sent [07971] to Shiloh [07887], that they might bring [05375] from thence the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], which dwelleth [03427] between the cherubims [03742]: and the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], were there with the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430].
7 And he made [06213] two [08147] cherubims [03742] of gold [02091], beaten out of one piece [04749] made [06213] he them, on the two [08147] ends [07098] of the mercy seat [03727];
22 And there I will meet [03259] with thee, and I will commune [01696] with thee from above the mercy seat [03727], from between [0996] the two [08147] cherubims [03742] which are upon [05921] the ark [0727] of the testimony [05715], of all things which I will give thee in commandment [06680] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
18 And thou shalt make [06213] two [08147] cherubims [03742] of gold [02091], of beaten work [04749] shalt thou make [06213] them, in the two [08147] ends [07098] of the mercy seat [03727].
10 And he rode [07392] upon a cherub [03742], and did fly [05774]: yea, he did fly [01675] upon the wings [03671] of the wind [07307].
67 Moreover he refused [03988] the tabernacle [0168] of Joseph [03130], and chose [0977] not the tribe [07626] of Ephraim [0669]:
1 A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. The LORD [03068] is my shepherd [07462]; I shall not want [02637].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Nehiloth [05155], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Give ear [0238] to my words [0561], O LORD [03068], consider [0995] my meditation [01901].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Shoshannim [07799], for the sons [01121] of Korah [07141], Maschil [04905], A Song [07892] of loves [03039]. My heart [03820] is inditing [07370] a good [02896] matter [01697]: I speak [0559] of the things which I have made [04639] touching the king [04428]: my tongue [03956] is the pen [05842] of a ready [04106] writer [05608].
15 And David [01732] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was come out [03318] to seek [01245] his life [05315]: and David [01732] was in the wilderness [04057] of Ziph [02128] in a wood [02793].
3 But thou, O LORD [03068], art a shield [04043] for me; my glory [03519], and the lifter up [07311] of mine head [07218].
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Judge [08199] me, O LORD [03068]; for I have walked [01980] in mine integrity [08537]: I have trusted [0982] also in the LORD [03068]; therefore I shall not slide [04571].
2 Examine [0974] me, O LORD [03068], and prove [05254] me; try [06884] my reins [03629] and my heart [03820].
3 For thy lovingkindness [02617] is before mine eyes [05869]: and I have walked [01980] in thy truth [0571].
4 I have not sat [03427] with vain [07723] persons [04962], neither will I go in [0935] with dissemblers [05956].
5 I have hated [08130] the congregation [06951] of evil doers [07489]; and will not sit [03427] with the wicked [07563].
6 I will wash [07364] mine hands [03709] in innocency [05356]: so will I compass [05437] thine altar [04196], O LORD [03068]:
7 That I may publish [08085] with the voice [06963] of thanksgiving [08426], and tell [05608] of all thy wondrous works [06381].
8 LORD [03068], I have loved [0157] the habitation [04583] of thy house [01004], and the place [04725] where thine honour [03519] dwelleth [04908].
9 Gather [0622] not my soul [05315] with sinners [02400], nor my life [02416] with bloody [01818] men [0582]:
10 In whose hands [03027] is mischief [02154], and their right hand [03225] is full [04390] of bribes [07810].
11 But as for me, I will walk [03212] in mine integrity [08537]: redeem [06299] me, and be merciful [02603] unto me.
12 My foot [07272] standeth [05975] in an even place [04334]: in the congregations [04721] will I bless [01288] the LORD [03068].
52 But made his own people [05971] to go forth [05265] like sheep [06629], and guided [05090] them in the wilderness [04057] like a flock [05739].
2 Out of Zion [06726], the perfection [04359] of beauty [03308], God [0430] hath shined [03313].
11 He made [07896] darkness [02822] his secret place [05643]; his pavilion [05521] round about [05439] him were dark [02824] waters [04325] and thick clouds [05645] of the skies [07834].
24 But his bow [07198] abode [03427] in strength [0386], and the arms [02220] of his hands [03027] were made strong [06339] by the hands [03027] of the mighty [046] God of Jacob [03290]; (from thence is the shepherd [07462], the stone [068] of Israel [03478]:)
15 And he blessed [01288] Joseph [03130], and said [0559], God [0430], before [06440] whom my fathers [01] Abraham [085] and Isaac [03327] did walk [01980], the God [0430] which fed [07462] me all my life long [05750] unto this day [03117],
3 Turn us again [07725], O God [0430], and cause thy face [06440] to shine [0215]; and we shall be saved [03467].
67 Moreover he refused [03988] the tabernacle [0168] of Joseph [03130], and chose [0977] not the tribe [07626] of Ephraim [0669]:
16 The waters [04325] saw [07200] thee, O God [0430], the waters [04325] saw [07200] thee; they were afraid [02342]: the depths [08415] also were troubled [07264].
18 And the house [01004] of Jacob [03290] shall be a fire [0784], and the house [01004] of Joseph [03130] a flame [03852], and the house [01004] of Esau [06215] for stubble [07179], and they shall kindle [01814] in them, and devour [0398] them; and there shall not be any remaining [08300] of the house [01004] of Esau [06215]; for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
6 I removed [05493] his shoulder [07926] from the burden [05447]: his hands [03709] were delivered [05674] from the pots [01731].