Psalms 80 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. "

" Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save "

" Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. "

" O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? "

Psalm 80:4 shows people feeling like God is ignoring their prayers because of their sin or disobedience. It means God sometimes allows distance so we’ll …

" Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. "

" Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh "

" Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. "

" Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted "

" Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. "

" The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. "

" She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. "

" Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck "

" The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour "

" Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; "

" And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong "

" It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. "

" Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong "

" So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. "

" Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. "