Psalms 80:1 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 80:1

Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

BSB

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ASV

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

KJV

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

"Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel." Hear thou the bleatings of thy suffering flock. The name is full of tenderness, and hence is selected by the troubled psalmist: broken hearts delight in names of grace. Good old Jacob delighted to think of God as the Shepherd of Israel, and this verse may refer to his dying expression: "From thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel." We may be quite sure that he who deigns to be a shepherd to his people will not turn a deaf ear to their complaints. "Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He dwells between the cherubim, where he is ready to receive petitions and to give directions. The mercy-seat was between the cherubim; and it is very comfortable in prayer to look up to God as sitting on a throne of grace, and that it is so to us is owning to the great propitiation, for the mercy-seat was the propitiatory.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רֹ֘עֵ֤ה	ro.'Eh	O shepherd of	H7462 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל׀	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הַאֲזִ֗ינָה	ha.'a.Zi.nah	give ear !	H238 →
נֹהֵ֣ג	no.Heg	O [you who] lead	H5090 →
כַּצֹּ֣אן	ka.Tzon	like <the> flock	H6629 →
יוֹסֵ֑ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
יֹשֵׁ֖ב	yo.Shev	O [you who] sit	H3427 →
הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים	ha.ke.ru.Vim	the cherubim	H3742 →
הוֹפִֽיעָה׃	ho.Fi.'ah	shine forth !	H3313 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Revelation 22:5
  There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- John 1:9
  The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
- Revelation 21:11
  shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
Through
Psalms 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
leads to
- Exodus 13:21
  And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel…
Through
Psalms 50:2
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
leads to
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Psalms 48:2
  Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Through
Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
leads to
- Psalms 97:1
  The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.