Psalms 80
HALLPsalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
O thou great Ruler and Protector of thy people Israel; thou, that both guidest and defendest the posterity of Joseph, as a good shepherd doth his flock; thou, that art graciously wont to manifest thy presence in thy mercy-seat, which is between the
Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come to save us.
Before those holy remainders of the tribes of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, which still held close unto thee, notwithstanding the miserable defection of their brethren, even before these thy faithful servants, stir up thy strength, and work our deliverance.
Psalms 80:8
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thy Church of Israel is some generous and pleasant vine, which thou hast brought out of that barren and hard soil of Egypt; and, having cast out the Canaanites, which were the wild and natural plants of this place, hast here set, in this good land of thy promise.
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The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beasts of the field do devour it.
The heathenish tyrants, that came up from Babylon and Assyria in open hostility to thy people, have made havock of this thy vineyard, having rooted up the plants, and torn down the branches of it; and their wicked complices and followers devour the grapes thereof.
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And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Be gracious to thy whole Church, and especially to that thine anointed servant, whom thou hast set over thy people, and advanced for the defence of thine own cause, and the safeguard of thine inheritance.
Psalms 80:17
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Do thou prosper and bless the great work of thy dear and powerful Messiah; even that Son of Man, that Son of God, that God and Man, whom thou hast set apart for this blessed work of mediation, and furnished with power and graces fit for so glorious an employment.