1 Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.
2 Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.
3 Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.
4 Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,
5 for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob.
6 He set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know.
7 He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.
8 You called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction.
9 My people, listen and I will call you to testify. If, O Israel, you will pay heed to me,
10 then there will be no new god among you, nor will you adore a foreign god.
11 For I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, and I will fill it.
12 But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel was not attentive to me.
13 And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.
14 If my people had heard me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
15 I would have humbled their enemies, as if it were nothing, and I would have sent my hand upon those who troubled them.
16 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him, and their time will come, in every age.
17 And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.
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Psalm 80 is a poem that calls for restoration and salvation. The psalmist addresses God as the pastor of Israel and asks him to save his people from oppression and affliction. The poem ends with a prayer for the restoration of the nation, which had been destroyed by the enemies. Then there are five selected verses in order of proximity to the themes of the chapter, but excluding the verses of Psalm 80:
Isaiah 40:11: "As a pastor he will feed his flock; between his arms he will collect the lambs, and take them into his lap; those that breastfeed he will guide them softly." This verse describes God as a pastor who takes care of his flock with love and compassion, which is similar to the image of the pastor of Israel in Psalm 80.
Jeremiah 31:18: "Certainly, I heard Ephraim lament like this: You have punished me, and I was punished as a bull not yet tamed; I restore me, and I will be restored, because you are the Lord, my God." This verse shows the prayer of regret and request for restoration of Ephraim, a name often used to refer to Israel, which is similar to the Psalmist's prayer by restoration in Psalm 80.
Ezekiel 34:11: "For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will seek my sheep myself, and seek them." This verse also describes God as a pastor who seeks his lost sheep, showing his compassion and care for his people.
Zechariah 10:6: "For I strengthen the house of Judah, and keep the house of Joseph, and make them come back, because I go to them; and they will be as if I have not rejected them; for I am the Lord, his God, and I will hear them. " This verse talks about God's compassion and his promise to restore his people, which is similar to the Psalmist prayer for salvation and restoration in Psalm 80.
Romans 8:23-24: "And not only her, but ourselves, who we have the firstfruits of the Spirit, also moan in ourselves, waiting for adoption, namely, the redemption of our body. Because in hope we have been saved." This verse talks about the hope of salvation and redemption, which is a central theme of Psalm 80, where the psalmist calls for salvation and restoration of the nation.
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