1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. 2 The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth 3 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation. 4 Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved. 5 O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant? 6 How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears? 7 You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us. 8 O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved. 9 You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it. 10 You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth. 11 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God. 12 It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river. 13 So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes? 14 The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it. 15 Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard; 16 and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself. 17 Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance. 18 Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself. 19 For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name. 20 O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
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Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Revelation 21:23; Psalm 77:20; Psalm 50:2; Psalm 99:1; Isaiah 63:11
- 2 Revelation 21:23; Psalm 77:20; Psalm 50:2; Psalm 99:1; Isaiah 63:11
- 3 Psalm 35:23; Numbers 2:18–24; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 44:23–26; Numbers 10:22–24
- 4 Lamentations 5:21; Numbers 6:25–26; Psalm 85:4; Psalm 80:7; Psalm 80:19
- 5 Psalm 85:5; Psalm 79:5; Isaiah 58:2–3; Isaiah 58:6–9; Luke 18:1–8
- 6 Psalm 42:3; Isaiah 30:20; Psalm 102:9; Ezekiel 4:16–17; Job 6:7
- 7 Psalm 79:4; Judges 16:25; Jeremiah 48:27; Jeremiah 15:10; Isaiah 36:12–20
- 8 Psalm 51:10; Jeremiah 4:14; Isaiah 64:5; Psalm 80:19; Psalm 80:3
- 9 Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 17:6; Psalm 44:2; Jeremiah 12:10; John 15:1–8
- 10 Joshua 24:12; Isaiah 27:6; Exodus 23:28–30; Jeremiah 12:2; Joshua 23:13–15
- 11 Psalm 104:16
- 12 Psalm 72:8; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24; Exodus 23:31
- 13 Isaiah 5:5; Luke 20:16; Psalm 89:40–41; Isaiah 18:5–6; Nahum 2:2
- 14 Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 52:7; 2 Kings 24:1–20; 2 Kings 18:1–19
- 15 Isaiah 63:15; Malachi 3:7; Isaiah 63:17; Daniel 9:16–19; Psalm 90:13
- 16 John 15:1; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12; Jeremiah 2:21; Mark 12:1
- 17 Psalm 39:11; John 15:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 76:6–7
- 18 Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13–14; Psalm 89:21; Psalm 80:15; Isaiah 53:5
- 19 Psalm 119:107; Psalm 119:25; Psalm 119:40; John 6:66–69; Philippians 2:12–13
- 20 Jeremiah 3:22–23; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:1; Psalm 44:3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 80.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"O God, the Gentiles have come into Thine inheritance" (ver. 1). Under which form of expression other things which were to come to pass, are spoken of as having been done. Nor must this be wondered at, that these words are being spoken to God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
As also David says, when entreating His manifestation, "Thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth." For the cherubim, too, were four-faced, and their faces were images of the dispensation of the Son of God.
"Turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts, cause Thy face to shine; and we shall be saved." For whithersoever the soul of man turns itself, unless towards Thee, it is affixed to sorrows, yea, though it is affixed to beauteous things without Thee and without itself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For indeed the Scripture is ever wont to call the law a hedge; as the prophet saith: "Thou hast broken down her hedge, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck off her grapes:" and, "I have set a hedge about it:" and Paul, "Having broken down the middle wall of the hedge." But others say, that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… the Lord and guided them." And pray do not again understand by this guidance some humble service, for the Word witnesses that it was the work of God;--"Thou leddest thy people," it is said "like a flock," and "Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock," and "He led them on safely, so that they feared not." Thus when you hear …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)