“O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?” Immediately following on from the previous verse’s request for the return of God’s presence into their life, now the prayer of Psalms 80 launches into it’s main body: a description of the problem facing the petitioner. ‘O LORD…
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Starting in verse 3, we find a line that is repeated two more times in the prayer almost word for word. The only thing that changes is more is added to God with each repetition. Note the following repetitions…
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. It was many years ago that I first pondered this verse. I happened to ask the question of why. Why are Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh mentioned in particular? What was so special about these tribes? I read through all the…
Psa 80:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. I did attempt to cover this verse in a previous post, but I ended up covering just two words. Lord willing, this…
Psalms 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Psalms 80 is a prayer. It opens with a plea: “Give ear”. This phrase is one word in Hebrew meaning ‘to expand’ or ‘broaden out the ear’. Implicit in the word is…
