God’s Word Translation
Psalms 80:15
15Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself.
Psalms 80:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
- New International Version (NIV)the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
Context of Psalms 80:15
13Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it. 14O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine. Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself. 16The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face. 17Let your power rest on the man you have chosen, the son of man you strengthened for yourself.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:15 word by word
וְ֭כַנָּה אֲשֶׁר־נָטְעָ֣ה יְמִינֶ֑ךָ וְעַל־בֵּ֝֗ן אִמַּ֥צְתָּה לָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 80:15
- Psalms 80:8You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it.
- Isaiah 5:1Let me sing a lovesong to my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
- Jeremiah 2:21I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.
- Mark 12:1Then, using this illustration, Jesus spoke to them. He said, “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, made a vat for the winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to vineyard workers and went on a trip.
- John 15:1⌞Then Jesus said,⌟ “I am the true vine, and my Father takes care of the vineyard.
- Psalms 80:18Then we will never turn away from you. Give us life again, and we will call on you.
- Psalms 89:21My hand is ready to help him. My arm will also give him strength.
- Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 49:5The Lord formed me in the womb to be his servant in order to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to him. (The Lord honors me, and my God has become my strength.)
- Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will grow a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who will rule wisely. He will do what is fair and right in the land.
- Ezekiel 17:22“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, will take hold of the top of a cedar tree. I will break off the highest twig and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
- Zechariah 3:8“Listen, Chief Priest Joshua and your friends sitting with you. These men are a sign of things to come: I’m going to bring my servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 6:12Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is the man whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is, and he will rebuild the Lord’s temple.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The vineyard which thy right hand hath planted - Thy holy and pure worship which thy Almighty power had established in this city. And the branch - thou madest strong for thy self - The original בן ועל veal ben, "and upon the Son whom thou hast strengthened for thyself." Many have thought that the Lord Jesus is meant. And so the Chaldee understood it, as it translates the passage thus: משיחא מלכא ועל veal Malca Meshicha, And upon the King Messiah, whom…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And the vineyard - Gesenius renders this as a verb: “Protect;” that is, “Protect or defend what thy right hand hath planted.” So the Septuagint renders it ́ katartisai - and the Vulgate, perfice, fit, prepare, order. Prof. Alexander renders it sustain. DeWette, “Guard what thy right hand hath planted.” This is doubtless the true idea. It is a prayer that God would guard, sustain, defend what he had planted; to wit, the vine which he had brought out of…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. 15Israel was the son that God had brought out of Egypt (see Hosea 11:1) and planted him in the Holy Land.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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