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Psalms 80:16
16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
Psalms 80:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- New International Version (NIV)Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Context of Psalms 80:16
14Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine 15that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself. For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown. 17Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice. 18Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:16 word by word
שְׂרֻפָ֣ה בָאֵ֣שׁ כְּסוּחָ֑ה מִגַּעֲרַ֖ת פָּנֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 80:16
- Psalms 79:5O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Isaiah 27:11The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
- Ezekiel 20:47Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.
- John 15:6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
- Psalms 39:11When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
- Psalms 76:6At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.
- Psalms 90:7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16It is burned with fire - That is, the vineyard. This is a description of the desolations that had come upon the nation, such as would come upon a vineyard if it were consumed by fire. It is cut down - It has been made desolate by fire and by the axe. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance - At the frown on thy face, as if God has only to look upon people in anger, and they perish. The word they refers to those who were represented by the vine which…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. 16-19The community prays for God to change their desperate situation and restore them. They are still the Lord’s chosen people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. it--the "vine" or they--the "people" are suffering from Thy displeasure.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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