Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 80:14
14Return, God of Armies. Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine,
Psalms 80:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- New International Version (NIV)Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine
Context of Psalms 80:14
12Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit? 13Boars from the forest tear at it and creatures of the field feed on it. Return, God of Armies. Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine, 15the root your right hand planted, the son that you made strong for yourself. 16It was cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:14 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְבָאוֹת֮ שֽׁ֫וּב־נָ֥א הַבֵּ֣ט מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וּ֝פְקֹ֗ד גֶּ֣פֶן זֹֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- we beseech thee, O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- look downנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
- from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- and visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
- this vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
Cross-references for Psalms 80:14
- Psalms 7:7Let the assembly of peoples gather around you; take your seat on high over it.
- Psalms 90:13Lord — how long? Turn and have compassion on your servants.
- Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see from your lofty home — holy and beautiful. Where is your zeal and your might? Your yearning and your compassion are withheld from me.
- Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind him, so you can offer a grain offering and a drink offering to the Lord your God.
- Malachi 3:7“Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Armies. Yet you ask, “How can we return?”
- Acts 15:16After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,
- Psalms 33:13The Lord looks down from heaven; he observes everyone.
- Lamentations 3:50until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
- Daniel 9:16Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, may your anger and wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Return - O God of hosts - Thou hast abandoned us, and therefore our enemies have us in captivity. Come back to us, and we shall again be restored. Behold, and visit this vine - Consider the state of thy own people, thy own worship, thy own temple. Look down! Let thine eye affect thy heart.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts - Again come and visit thy people; come back again to thy forsaken land. This is language founded on the idea that God had withdrawn from the land, or had forsaken it; that he had left his people without a protector, and had left them exposed to the ravages of fierce foreign enemies. It is language which will describe what seems often to occur when the church is apparently forsaken; when there are no cheering tokens…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty boughs of notions and forms…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19This psalm of lament may come from the remnant (the small group that survived) of the northern kingdom after it fell in 722 BC. The people call on God as their Shepherd and as the God of Hosts (a title that describes God as the ruler over the armies of heaven). They hope that he will return to them and restore them. They remember the Exodus and their special relationship with the Lord. The psalm ends with a promise of renewed commitment to him (Psalm…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. visit this vine--favorably (Psa 8:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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