Psalms 80:14
O God of hosts, return, we pray thee,—Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
In Context
13The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
15Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
Cross References
Psalms 7:7When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it—on high, do thou return!
Psalms 90:13Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Isaiah 63:17Wherefore shouldst thou suffer us to wander O Yahweh, from thy ways? Wherefore shouldst thou let us harden our heart past revering thee? Return thou for the sake of Thy servants, The tribes thou thyself hast inherited.
Daniel 9:16O Lord! according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thine indignation turn away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain,—for, by reason of our sins, and by reason of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people, have become a reproach, to all who are round about us.
Malachi 3:7From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, Wherein shall we return?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:9-19
The Desolated Vine. 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. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste… Read the whole commentary →