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(a) This Psalm was made as a prayer to desire God to be merciful to the ten tribes. (b) Move their hearts, that they may return to worship God properly, that is, in the place you have appointed. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. {c} Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
(c) Join your whole people, and all your tribes together again. O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be {d} angry against the prayer of thy people?
(d) The faithful fear God's anger, when they perceive that their prayers are not heard immediately. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Thou makest us a {e} strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
(e) Our neighbours have continual strife and war against us. Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. {f} Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
(f) Because recompence only comes from God, they most instantly and repeatedly call on God for it is a means by which they shall be saved. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou hast brought a {g} vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
(g) Seeing that from your mercy you have made us a most dear possession to you, and we through our sins are made open for wild beasts to devour us, declare again my love and finish the work that you have begun. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the {h} river.
(h) That is, Euphrates. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. The {i} boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
(i) That is, they who hate our religion, as well as they who hate our persons. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down {k} from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
(k) They gave no place to temptation, knowing that even though there was no help in earth, yet God was able to help them from heaven. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest {l} strong for thyself.
(l) So that no power can prevail against it, and which as a young bud you raised up again as out of the burnt ashes. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the {m} rebuke of thy countenance.
(m) Only when you are angry and not of the sword of the enemy. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. Let thy hand be upon the {n} man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
(n) That is, on this vine or people, whom you have planted with your right hand, that they should be as one man or one body So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. So will not we go back from thee: {o} quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
(o) For no one can call on God but such as are raised up as it were from death to life, and regenerate by the Holy Spirit. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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