The Meaning of Psalms 80:14 Explained

Psalms 80:14

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

YLT: God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

Darby: O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;

ASV: Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

Discover Psalms 80:14

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 80:14?

MEANING: What does Psalms 80:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 80:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 80:14?

What is the context of Psalms 80:14?

Psalm 80 .[ a .] (Psalms 80:1-19)
A Prayer for Restoration (Psalms 80:1-19)
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration (Psalms 80:1-19)
Restore Us, O God (Psalms 80:1-19)
A Prayer to Restore Israel (Psalms 80:1-19)
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities. (Psalms 80:1-19)
A Prayer for Jerusalem (Psalms 80:1-19)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 80:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 80:8-19 - "cause Thy Face To Shine"

The imagery of the vine is taken from Jacob's dying words, in which he compared Joseph to a fruitful bough which had grown over the wall, Genesis 49:22. It is therefore a very apt and appropriate figure in this psalm, of which the northern tribes are the special subject. The figure of the vine is wrought out with extreme beauty. The book of Exodus tells of the transplanting, and those of Joshua and Judges of the ground that was cleared to receive it. In the days of Solomon, the boughs of the kingdom reached to the Euphrates on the east, and the Great Sea (the Mediterranean) on the west. But the walls were broken down by invasion, and the vine lay at the mercy of every passer-by or the wild creatures of the forest.

We, too, know the havoc which ensues when the Church no longer lives within the ring-fence of God's care. Revive us! Restore us! Cause thy face to shine! The man of thy right hand, Psalms 80:17, may be another term for Israel, Genesis 35:18. But our Lord alone can fulfill this description; and God's power is pledged to arrest the advance of the enemy, and to cause the true Vine and its branches to cover the earth. We must turn to John 15:1-27 to find the antitype of Israel, in the relation between Christ and His Church. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 80

¹ The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church
⁸ God's former favors are turned into judgments
¹⁴ He prays for deliverance

What do the individual words in Psalms 80:14 mean?

God of hosts Return we beseech You Look down from heaven and see and visit vine this

אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְבָאוֹת֮ שֽׁ֫וּב־ נָ֥א הַבֵּ֣ט מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וּ֝פְקֹ֗ד גֶּ֣פֶן זֹֽאת

אֱלֹהִ֣ים	God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
צְבָאוֹת֮	of hosts
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: צָבָא Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
שֽׁ֫וּב־	Return
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
נָ֥א	we beseech You
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
הַבֵּ֣ט	Look down
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular Root: נָבַט Sense: to look, regard.
מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם	from heaven
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַיִם Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וּרְאֵ֑ה	and see
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וּ֝פְקֹ֗ד	and visit
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: פָּקַד Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
גֶּ֣פֶן	vine
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: גֶּפֶן Sense: vine, vine tree.
זֹֽאת	this
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 80:14?

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