Psalms 80:1-16
shushan-eduth style <07802> [A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Shoshannim-Eduth.]
psalm <04210> [A Psalm.]
This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity; but some think it refers to the desolations made by Sennacherib.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
attention <0238> [Give ear.]
shepherd <07462> [O Shepherd.]
lead <05090> [leadest.]
who ... enthroned <03427> [dwellest.]
splendor <03313> [shine.]
sight <06440> [Before.]
These three tribes, in the wilderness, marched immediately after the ark and cherubim, by Divine appointment, to which this appears to be an allusion.
reveal <05782> [stir up.]
deliver <03444 03212> [come and save us. Heb. come for salvation to us.]
restore <07725> [Turn us.]
<06440> [cause.]
angry <06225> [how long.]
angry <06225> [be angry. Heb. smoke.]
made <07760> [Thou.]
enemies <0341> [our enemies.]
restore <07725> [Turn.]
delivered <03467> [we shall.]
vine <01612> [a vine.]
drove <01644> [thou hast cast.]
This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.
cleared <06437> [preparedst.]
root <08328> [to take.]
filled <04390> [and it.]
highest cedars <0730 0410> [goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God.]
break down <06555> [broken.]
boars <02386> [The boar.]
This wild boar, {chazir,} is the parent stock of our domestic hog. He is much smaller, but stronger, and more undaunted, colour, an iron grey inclining to black; snout, longer than that of the common breed: ears comparatively short; tusks, very formidable; and habits, fierce and savage. He is particularly destructive to corn-fields and vineyards.
back <07725> [Return.]
Look <05027> [look down.]
root <03657> [vineyard.]
shoot <01121> [the branch.]
Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."
burned <08313> [burned.]
die <06> [perish.]
