Passage Research
Psalm 80 — Sermon Preparation
An Asaph psalm comparing Israel to a vine transplanted from Egypt, pleading three times that God would restore and revive his people. Below is a research summary for Psalm 80, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 141 / 105
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 80 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 4 | mass, army |
| שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת | Shûwshan ʻÊdûwth | H7802 | 2 | Shushan-Eduth, Shoshannim-Eduth |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 3 | be, make |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
| יָשַׁע | yâshaʻ | H3467 | 3 | be open, wide |
| דִּמְעָה | dimʻâh | H1832 | 2 | weeping |
| אָמַץ | ʼâmats | H553 | 2 | be alert |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 80, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Messiah, the Protector and Saviour of the church, is the Man of God's right hand; he is the Arm of the Lord, for all power is given to him. In him is our strength, by which we are enabled to persevere to the end. The vine, therefore, cannot be ruined, nor can any fruitful branch perish; but the unfruitful will be cut off and cast into the fire. The end of our redemption is, that we should serve Him who hath redeemed us, and not go back to our old sins.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 80:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Euphrates— Ps 80:11
- Great Sea— Ps 80:11
- Egypt— Ps 80:8
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