Psalms 80

The AIT Bible

0For the director; according to “Lilies.” A testimony. Of Asaph. A psalm.

Shepherd of Israel, Restore Us

1Shepherd of Israel, give ear, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth!

2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, rouse your might, and come to save us.

3God, restore us; make your face shine, that we may be saved.

4Yahweh, God of hosts, how long will you smolder with anger against the prayer of your people?

5You have fed them the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.

6You make us an object of strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us among themselves.

7God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine, that we may be saved.

8A vine you brought out from Egypt; you drove out nations and planted it.

9You cleared the ground before it; it took deep root and filled the land.

10The mountains were covered with its shade, and its branches were the mighty cedars.

11It sends out its boughs to the Sea, and its shoots to the River.

12Why have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

13The boar from the forest ravages it, and whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

14God of hosts, return, we pray; look down from heaven and see, and attend to this vine—

15the stock that your right hand has planted, and upon the son you made strong for yourself.

16It is burned with fire, cut down; at the rebuke of your face they perish.

17Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man you made strong for yourself.

18Then we will not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name.

19Yahweh, God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine, that we may be saved.

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

allusion 1 Samuel 4:4 — The title 'enthroned upon the cherubim' is a fixed epithet for Yahweh associated with the ark.
allusion Exodus 25:22 — 'Enthroned upon the cherubim' echoes God's presence above the cherubim of the ark's mercy seat.
echoed in Genesis 49:1 — God as the Shepherd of Israel echoes Jacob's 'Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.'
echoed in Isaiah 37:14 — The address to Yahweh 'enthroned above the cherubim' echoes the same divine epithet used in the Psalms and tabernacle imagery.
allusion Numbers 6:25 — 'Make your face shine' echoes the Aaronic blessing 'Yahweh make his face shine upon you.'
echoed in Numbers 6:22 — The refrain 'make your face shine' repeats the distinctive blessing wording found here.
echoed in Psalms 99:1 — Shared distinctive title of Yahweh enthroned upon the cherubim.
thematic Psalms 23:1 — Both depict God as the shepherd who leads his people like a flock.
thematic Psalms 4:1 — Shared petition for the shining/lifting of God's face upon his people for salvation.
thematic Psalms 85:1 — Both petition God to turn/restore and revive his people so they may be saved.

echoed in John 15:1 — Israel depicted as the vine brought out of Egypt and tended by God, imagery Jesus applies to himself.
echoed in Psalms 44:1 — Shared imagery of God dispossessing nations and 'planting' Israel like a vine/people in the land.
thematic 1 Kings 4:21 — The vine's reach from the Sea to the River reflects the ideal borders of Israel's dominion.
thematic Ezekiel 19:10 — Both develop the vine metaphor for Israel, transplanted and then burned with fire.
thematic Ezekiel 15:1 — Both portray Israel as a vine that God once tended but that is now burned and given to destruction.
thematic Isaiah 5:1 — Both use the extended allegory of Israel as a vine/vineyard planted by God and then ruined.
thematic Jeremiah 2:21 — Both portray Israel as a vine that God planted and that has degenerated.
thematic Jeremiah 2:20 — Both develop the image of Israel as a vine God planted that has degenerated.