Psa 79:13-80:1, Isa 40:11, Jer 23:3-4, Eze 34:11-12, 23-24, Mic 5:2, 4 | TSK | STEP | thy people. we will. all generations. Heb. generation and generation.

Psalms 79:13

thy people.

74:1; 95:7; 100:3

we will.

45:17; 74:18,22; 145:4; Isa 43:21

all generations. Heb. generation and generation.

Psalms 80:1

1 The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church.

8 God's former favours are turned into judgments.

14 He prays for deliverance.

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Shoshannim-Eduth.

45:1; 60:1; 69:1; *titles

A Psalm.This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity; but some think it refers to the desolations made by Sennacherib.

of Asaph. or, for Asaph.

Give ear.

5:1; 55:1

O Shepherd.

23:1,2; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; Joh 10:14; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4

leadest.

77:20; 78:52; Isa 49:9,10; 63:11; Joh 10:3,4

dwellest.

99:1; Ex 25:20-22; 1Sa 4:4; 2Sa 6:2; 2Ki 19:15; Eze 1:13; 10:4

shine.

3,7,19; 50:2; 94:1; De 33:2; Job 10:3; Isa 60:1; Eze 43:2; Da 9:17

Re 21:23

Isaiah 40:11

feed.

49:9,10; 63:11; Ge 49:24; Ps 23:1-6; 78:71,72; 80:1; Eze 34:12-14

Eze 34:23,31; 37:24; Mic 5:4; Joh 10:11-16; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25

1Pe 5:4; Re 7:17

he shall gather.

42:3; Ge 33:13; Eze 34:16; Joh 21:15-17; 1Co 3:1,2

shall gently lead.A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."

are with young. or, give suck.

Jeremiah 23:3-4

29:14; 30:3; 31:8; 32:37; De 30:3-5; Ps 106:47; Isa 11:11-16

Isa 27:12,13; 43:5,6; Eze 11:17; 34:13-31; 36:24,37; 37:21-27

Eze 39:27,28; Am 9:14,15; Mic 7:12; Zep 3:19,20; Zec 10:8-12

3:14,15; 33:26; Ps 78:70-72; Isa 11:11; Eze 34:23-31; Ho 3:3-5

Mic 5:2,4,5; 7:14; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 20:28,29; 1Pe 5:1-4

neither.

Nu 31:49; Joh 6:39,40; 10:27-30; 17:12; 18:9; 1Pe 1:5

Ezekiel 34:11-12

5:8; 6:3; Ge 6:17; Le 26:28; De 32:39; Isa 45:12; 48:15; 51:12

Ho 5:14

search.

Ps 23:1-3; 80:1; 119:176; Isa 40:10,11; 56:8; Jer 23:3; 31:8

Mt 13:11,12; Lu 19:10; Joh 10:16

As a shepherd seeketh out. Heb. According to the shepherd'sseeking of, etc.

1Sa 17:34,35; Lu 15:4-6; Joh 10:11,12

in the cloudy.

30:3; Isa 50:10; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:1-3; Am 5:18-20; Zep 1:15

Ac 2:19-21

Ezekiel 34:23-24

I will.

Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11

Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4

my servant.David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

37:24,25; Isa 11:1; 55:3,4; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5; Re 22:16

I the Lord will.

30,31; 36:28; 37:23,27; 39:22; Ex 29:45,46; Isa 43:2,3; Jer 31:1,33

Jer 32:38; Zec 13:9; Re 21:3

a prince.

Jos 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:15-17; Mic 5:2

Mt 28:18; Lu 1:31-33; Ac 5:31; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9-11

Heb 2:9,10; Re 19:13-16