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Psalms 80:7-9

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80:7 O God, invincible warrior, 1  restore us!

Smile on us! 2  Then we will be delivered! 3 

80:8 You uprooted a vine 4  from Egypt;

you drove out nations and transplanted it.

80:9 You cleared the ground for it; 5 

it took root, 6 

and filled the land.

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[80:7]  1 tn Heb “O God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿvaot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvahelohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿvaot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also v. 4 for a similar construction.

[80:7]  2 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).

[80:7]  3 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

[80:8]  4 sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).

[80:9]  5 tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”

[80:9]  6 tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”



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