Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
In Context
3O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Cross References
Exodus 25:22And I will meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony,—whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for the sons of Israel.
Numbers 10:22Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim by their hosts,—and over his own host, was Elishama son of Ammihud;
1 Kings 8:6So the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh into its place, into the shrine of the house, into the holy of holies,—under the wings of the cherubim.
Psalms 35:23Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord!—to my plea:
Psalms 50:2Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.
Psalms 99:1Yahweh, hath become king, Let the peoples, tremble, He is enthroned on the cherubim, Let the earth, shake.
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 →