Psalms 80:14

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 knocked down the walls that protected us? Now, anyone who passes can rob our fruit. 13Wild pigs from the forest attack your vine. Other wild animals eat all the fruit. Come back to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see what is happening! Take care of your special vine. 15You planted it with your own right hand. You caused it to grow, like a strong son. 16But now the enemy has cut down your vine, and they have burned it with fire. Show them that you are angry with them, and destroy them!

Psalms 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 7:7Bring together the people of all nations, to stand in front of you. Rule over them from high above.
• Psalms 90:13Lord, return to help us! How long will you be angry with us? Please be kind to us, your servants!
• Isaiah 63:15So now, do something to help us! Look down from your beautiful, holy home in heaven. Use your power to show that we are your special people. Have you forgotten how to be kind to us?
• Joel 2:14Perhaps he will change his mind and he will be sorry. He may send you blessings of food and drink. Then you can offer gifts to the Lord your God.
• Malachi 3:7I have told you my commands. But you do not listen to me any longer. You have not obeyed me, even since the time of your ancestors. Now, return to me! Then I will return to bless you.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says. ‘But you ask, “How do we return to you?”
• Acts 15:16The Lord God said, “Later I will return. At that time I will make David's kingdom strong again. It has become like a house that has fallen down, but I will build it again so that it is strong.
• Psalms 33:13The Lord looks down from heaven. He sees every man, woman and child.
• Lamentations 3:50until the Lord looks down on us from heaven. He will see us and he will help us.
• Daniel 9:16Our Lord, please stop being angry with us. Stop punishing your own city, Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the evil things that our ancestors did, other people insult us. All the people who live near us laugh at Jerusalem and your people. So please do what is right, as you always do.

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