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Psalm 80

Psa. 80:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
upon Shoshannim-eduth
Shuwshan (Hebrew #7802)
from 7799 and 5715; lily (or trumpet) of assemblage; Shushan-Eduth or Shoshannim-Eduth, the title of a popular song
KJV usage: Shoshannim-Eduth, Shushan-eduth.
Pronounce: `Eduwth
Origin: or (plural of former) Showshanniym aEduwth {sho-shan-neem' ay-dooth'}
o, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
ψof Asaph
'Acaph (Hebrew #623)
collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
KJV usage: Asaph.
Pronounce: aw-sawf'
Origin: from 622
.>> Give ear
'azan (Hebrew #238)
probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
KJV usage: give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See 239.
Pronounce: aw-zan'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Shepherd
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, thou that leadest
nahag (Hebrew #5090)
to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
KJV usage: acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).
Pronounce: naw-hag'
Origin: a primitive root
p Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
like a flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
q; thou that dwellest
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
between the cherubims
kruwb (Hebrew #3742)
a cherub or imaginary figure
KJV usage: cherub, (plural) cherubims.
Pronounce: ker-oob'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, shinea forth
yapha` (Hebrew #3313)
to shine
KJV usage: be light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).
Pronounce: yaw-fah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 60•  (Psa. 60)
, title.
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or, for.
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Psa. 23:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psa. 23:1)
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Psa. 77:20• 20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psa. 77:20)
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Ex. 25:20,22• 20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
 22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:20,22)
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2 Sam. 6:2• 2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. (2 Sam. 6:2)
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Deut. 33:2• 2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. (Deut. 33:2)

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Asaph,
Flock,
Israel,
Joseph,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Psalms,
Shepherd,
Shoshannim-Eduth; Shushan-eduth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-7:  The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church.
8-13:  God's former favours are turned into judgments.
14-19:  He prays for deliverance.
A.M. cir. 3463.
B.C. cir. 541.
(Title.)
Shoshannim-Eduth.
Psa. 45:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.>> My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)
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Psa. 60:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.>> O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. (Psa. 60:1)
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Psa. 69:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.>> Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. (Psa. 69:1)
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Psa. 69•  (Psa. 69)
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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• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.>> Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. (Psa. 5:1)
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Psa. 55:1• 1<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm 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• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (Psa. 23:1‑2)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (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 know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10:14)
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Heb. 13:20• 20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, (Heb. 13:20)
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1 Peter 2:25• 25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)
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1 Peter 5:4• 4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. (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• 52But 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• 9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
 10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. (Isa. 49:9‑10)
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Isa. 63:11• 11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd 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 openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. (John 10:3‑4)
dwellest.
Psa. 99:1• 1The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. (Psa. 99:1)
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Ex. 25:20‑22• 20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
 21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
 22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which 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, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. (1 Sam. 4:4)
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2 Sam. 6:2• 2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. (2 Sam. 6:2)
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2 Kings 19:15• 15And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (2 Kings 19:15)
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Ezek. 1:13• 13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: 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• 4Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory. (Ezek. 10:4)
shine.
Psa. 80:3,7,19• 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
 19Turn us again, O Lord 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. (Psa. 50:2)
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Psa. 94:1• 1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. (Psa. 94:1)
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Deut. 33:2• 2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. (Deut. 33:2)
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Job 10:3• 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine 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 the Lord 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 a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. (Ezek. 43:2)
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Dan. 9:17• 17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and 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 had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. (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

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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

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Or "On lilies. A testimony of Asaph. a Psalm."
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Or "dwellest above the cherubim," so Ps. 99.1; but there the article is omitted before "cherubim."