Psalms 80:1

Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.

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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

2Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2And he said: “The Lord went forth from Sinai, and he arose for us from Seir. He appeared from Mount Paran, and thousands of holy ones were with him. The fiery law was in his right hand.

2 Samuel 6:2And David arose and went away, with the entire people who were with him from the men of Judah, so that they might lead back the ark of God, over which is invoked the name of the Lord of hosts, who sits upon the cherubim above it.

Job 10:3Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious?

Psalms 23:1For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

Psalms 50:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David,

Psalms 55:1Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath.

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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