Psalms 80 · Verse 14

Psalms 80:14

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms 80:14, King James Version

Psalms 80:14 in other translations

BSBReturn, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
WEBTurn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
ASVTurn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
YLTGod of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,
DARBYOGod of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
BBECome back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,
WebsterReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

What does Psalms 80:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 80:14-15
14-15. visit this vine--favorably (Psa 8:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Return - O God of hosts - Thou hast abandoned us, and therefore our enemies have us in captivity. Come back to us, and we shall again be restored. Behold, and visit this vine - Consider the state of thy own people, thy own worship, thy own temple. Look down! Let thine eye affect thy heart.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 80:8-16

The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty…

Read the full comment on Psalms 80:8-16 →

Psalms 80:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimO God ofH430
צְבָאוֹת֮tze.va.'OthostsH6635
שֽׁ֫וּב\־Shuv-returnH7725
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
הַבֵּ֣טha.Betpay attentionH5027
מִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimfrom heavenH8064
וּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200
וּ֝פְקֹ֗דu.fe.Kodand attend toH6485
גֶּ֣פֶןGe.fenvineH1612
זֹֽאת\׃ZotthisH2063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 80:14

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Malachi 3:7

    Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

  • Isaiah 63:17

    O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  • Daniel 9:16-19

    O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  • Psalms 90:13

    Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

  • Joel 2:14

    Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  • Acts 15:16

    After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

  • Lamentations 3:50

    Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

  • Psalms 33:13

    The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

  • Psalms 7:7

    So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Return.
7:7; 90:13; Isa 63:15,17; Joe 2:14; Mal 3:7; Ac 15:16
look down.
33:13; Isa 63:15; La 3:50; Da 9:16-19

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Context

  • Psalms 80:13

    The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

  • Psalms 80:14

    Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

  • Psalms 80:15

    And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

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Psalms 80:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oh Dios de los ejércitos, vuelve ahora: mira desde el cielo, y considera, y visita esta viña,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le sanglier de la forêt le déchire, et les bêtes des champs le broutent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gott der Heerscharen! kehre doch wieder; schaue vom Himmel und sieh, und suche heim diesen Weinstock,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si populus meus audisset me, Israël si in viis meis ambulasset,