1The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries of the church. 8God's former favours are turned into judgments: 14a prayer for deliverance.
0To the chief Musician upon aShoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm 1of Asaph.
1Or, for Asaph.
a Pss. 45; 60, titles.
1GIVE ear, bO cShepherd of Israel, thou that dleadest Joseph like a flock; thou that edwellest between the cherubims, fshine forth.
b Ps. 4.1; 5.1; 130.2. c Ps. 23.1. Is. 40.11. Ge. 49.24. d Ps. 77.15,20; 81.5; 78.55. 2Sa. 6.2. e 1Sa. 4.4. Ex. 25.20,22; 30.6. Ps. 99.1. f Ps. 4.6; 50.2; 94.1. De. 33.2.
2Before gEphraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and 2come and save us.
2Heb. come for salvation to us.
g Nu. 2.18-24; 10.21-24. Ps. 44.23,26; 74.11. Is. 51.9,10.
3hTurn us again, O God, and icause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
h v.7,19. La. 5.21. Ps. 60.1; 126.1; 18.37. i v.1. Nu. 6.25,26. Ps. 4.6; 67.1.
4O jLORD God of hosts, how long 3wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
3Heb. wilt thou smoke? Ps. 74.1; 85.5. De. 32.22. La. 3.8.
j Ps. 59.5.
5Thou feedest them with kthe bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
k Ps. 42.3; 102.9. Is. 30.20. Ps. 77.15.
6Thou lmakest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
l Ps. 44.13; 79.4. Je. 15.10. Ju. 16.25. Re. 11.10.
7mTurn us again, O God of hosts, and ncause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
m v.3,19. 1Ki. 18.37. Ps. 126.1. La. 5.21. Lu. 1.16. n Nu. 6.25,26. Ps. 4.6; 67.1.
8Thou hast brought a ovine out of Egypt: pthou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
o Is. 5.1-7; 27.2,3. Je. 2.21. Eze. 17.6. Mat. 21.33. p Ps. 44.2; 78.55; 135.10-12.
9Thou qpreparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
q Ex. 23.28. Jos. 24.12; 6-21. Ps. 136.17-22; 105.44. Ne. 9.22-25.
10The rhills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the 4goodly cedars.
4Heb. cedars of God.
r 1Ch. 21.5. 1Ki. 4.20,25. 2Ch. 17.
11She ssent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
s Ge. 15.18. Ex. 23.31. 1Ki. 4.21. Ps. 72.8. Jos. 24.11-13.
12Why hast thou then tbroken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
t Ps. 89.40,41; 78.62. Is. 5.2,5. Ju. 2.14,15. Ne. 9.27,28. Na. 2.2.
13The uboar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
u 1Sa. 31. Ps. 60.1-3; 89.38-45. 2Ch. 12.3,4; 21.16,17; 28.5,6,17,18; 32.1; 33.11; 35; 36.
14Return, vwe beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
v v.3,7,19. Ps. 7.8-11; 90.13; 119.132. Zec. 1.12,16,17. Is. 63.15. Da. 9.16-19.
15And the wvineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the xbranch that thou madest strong for thyself.
w Is. 5.1,2; 11.1. Je. 2.21. Ex. 19.5,6. De. 32.9. Zec. 3.8. x Ge. 49.22.
16It is yburned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
y Ps. 79.5; 39.11; 68.1,2; 76.6,7. De. 32.22. Is. 33.12.
17zLet thy hand be upon the aman of thy right hand, upon bthe son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
z Lu. 1.66. a Is. 53.5. v.15. Ex. 4.22; 19.5,6. Ps. 89.21; 110.1. Da. 7.13,14. b Ps. 8.4,5.
18So cwill not we go back from thee: d*quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
*quicken-bring to life.
c Job 34.32. He. 10.39. Ps. 119.32. d Ep. 2.1,5. Ps. 85.6; 119.37,40.
19eTurn us again, O LORD God of hosts, fcause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
e Ps. 85.4; 126.1. Je. 31.18. f v.1,3,7. Ps. 27.4,9; 44.3; 31.16.