Psalms 80:2

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1{To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 25:22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Numbers 10:22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud;

1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;

Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!

Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Psalms 99:1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8

Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 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? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →

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