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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 100 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 100. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/100/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 100. Psalm 80

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[¶0] To the Chief Musician upon Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph

[¶1] 1 O Shepherd of Israel, give ear! Who leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou who sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.

[¶2] 2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Stir up thy strength, and come for our salvation.

[¶3] 3 Turn us again, O God! and cause to shine thy face, And we shall be safe.

[¶4] 4 O Jehovah God of armies! How long wilt thou be incensed against the prayer of thy people?

[¶5] 5 Thou hast fed us with bread of tears; And hast given us tears to drink in great measure.

[¶6] 6 Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors: And our enemies laugh at us among themselves.

[¶7] 7 O God of armies! turn us again, And cause to shine thy face upon us, And we shall be safe.

[¶8] 8 A vine out of Egypt thou hast brought: Thou hast expelled the heathen, and planted it,.

[¶9] 9 Thou hast cleansed the ground before it: Thou hast rooted its roots, And it hath filled the land.

[¶10] 10 Covered were the mountains with its shadow, And its branches were like the cedars of God.

[¶11] 11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, And to the river its shoots.

[¶12] 12 Why then hast thou broken down its hedges, So that tear it in pieces do all who pass by the way?

[¶13] 13 Wasted it hath the boar out of the forest; And the wild beast of the field hath eaten it up.

[¶14] 14 O God of armies! return, I beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And visit this vine,

[¶15] 15 And the vineyard which planted hath thy right hand, And [look] upon the shoot which thou hast strengthened for thyself.

[¶16] 16 It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; At the rebuke of thy countenance they perish.

[¶17] 17 Let thy hand be upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened for thyself,

[¶18] 18 And we will not go back from thee: Thou shalt quicken us, and upon thy name we will call.

[¶19] 19 O Jehovah, God of armies! turn us again; Cause to shine thy face, And we shall be safe.