Psalms 80:1

To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2\80:1\Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.

2 Samuel 6:2And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

Job 10:3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

Psalms 23:1A Psalm. Of David. The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

Psalms 50:1A Psalm. Of Asaph. The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

Psalms 55:1To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:1

This psalm is much to the same purport with the foregoing. Some think it was penned upon occasion of the desolation and captivity of the ten tribes, as the foregoing psalm of the two. But many were the distresses of the Israel of God, many perhaps which are not recorded in the sacred history some whereof might give occasion for the drawing up of this psalm, which is proper to be sung in the day of Jacob's trouble, and if, in singing it, we express a true love to the church and a hearty concern for its interest,… Read the whole commentary →

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