Psalm 80 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

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.of Asaph.

or, for Asaph. Give ear.

Psa. 5:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation. (Psa. 5:1)

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Psa. 55:1• ¹To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. (Psa. 55:1)

O Shepherd.

Psa. 23:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters. (Psa. 23:1‑2)

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Isa. 40:11• ¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)

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Ezek. 34:23• ²³And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. (Ezek. 34:23)

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John 10:14• ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine, (John 10:14)

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Heb. 13:20• ²⁰But the God of peace, who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in the power of the blood of the eternal covenant, (Heb. 13:20)

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1 Peter 2:25• ²⁵For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)

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1 Peter 5:4• ⁴And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory. (1 Peter 5:4)

leadest.

Psa. 77:20• ²⁰Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psa. 77:20)

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Psa. 78:52• ⁵²And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock; (Psa. 78:52)

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Isa. 49:9‑10• ⁹saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
¹⁰They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. (Isa. 49:9‑10)

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Isa. 63:11• ¹¹But he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him, (Isa. 63:11)

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John 10:3‑4• ³To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
⁴When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. (John 10:3‑4)

dwellest.

Psa. 99:1• ¹Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved. (Psa. 99:1)

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Ex. 25:20‑22• ²⁰And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be turned.
²¹And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
²²And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:20‑22)

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1 Sam. 4:4• ⁴So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there by the ark of the covenant of God. (1 Sam. 4:4)

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2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, who sittest between the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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Ezek. 1:13• ¹³And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning. (Ezek. 1:13)

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Ezek. 10:4• ⁴And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. (Ezek. 10:4)

shine.

Psa. 80:3,7,19• ³O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
⁷Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
¹⁹Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:3,7,19)

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Psa. 50:2• ²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. (Psa. 50:2)

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Psa. 94:1• ¹O *God of vengeances, Jehovah, *God of vengeances, shine forth; (Psa. 94:1)

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Job 10:3• ³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? (Job 10:3)

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Isa. 60:1• ¹Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. (Isa. 60:1)

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Ezek. 43:2• ²And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; and his voice was like the voice of many waters; and the earth was lit up with his glory. (Ezek. 43:2)

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Dan. 9:17• ¹⁷And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. (Dan. 9:17)

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Rev. 21:23• ²³And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:23)

• Book 3. Series 2. The Indignation after the attack of the King of the North. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• If Israel are the Lord’s sheep, it follows the Lord is the Shepherd of Israel, the One to whom the sheep should look. Thus the cry goes up to the Shepherd of Israel who once led His people like a flock, and dwelt in their midst between the cherubim, to once again shine forth. (“Psalms 80” by H. Smith)

• While the remnant wait for God’s intervention they utter a 3-fold prayer for the restoration of the nation (vs. 3, 7, 19 JND Translation). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalma. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubimb, shine forth.

JND Translation Notes

Or "On lilies. A testimony of Asaph. a Psalm."

Or "dwellest above the cherubim," so Ps. 99.1; but there the article is omitted before "cherubim."