Psalms 80 · Verse 18

Psalms 80:18

So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Psalms 80:18, King James Version

Psalms 80:18 in other translations

BSBThen we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
WEBSo we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
ASVSo shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
YLTAnd we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.
DARBYSo will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
BBESo will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.
WebsterSo will we not go back from thee: revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

What does Psalms 80:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. We need quickening grace (Psa 71:20; 119:25) to persevere in Thy right worship (Ge 4:26; Ro 10:11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 So wilt not we go back from thee - We shall no more become idolaters: and it is allowed on all hands that the Jews were never guilty of idolatry after their return from the Babylonish captivity. Quicken us - Make us alive, for we are nearly as good as dead. We will call upon they name - We will invoke thee. Thou shalt be for ever the object of our adoration, and the center of all our hopes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 80:17-19

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…

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Psalms 80:18 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.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָס֥וֹגna.Sogwe will turn backH5472
מִמֶּ֑ךָּmi.Me.kafrom youH4480
תְּ֝חַיֵּ֗נוּte.chai.Ye.nuyou will give life usH2421
וּבְשִׁמְךָ֥u.ve.shim.Khaand on name yourH8034
נִקְרָֽא\׃nik.Ra'we will callH7121

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

Cross references for Psalms 80:18

  • Psalms 119:107

    I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

  • Psalms 119:25

    ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

  • Psalms 119:40

    Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • John 6:66-69

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • Philippians 2:12-13

    Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  • Psalms 119:154

    Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

  • Hebrews 10:38-39

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

  • Song of Solomon 1:4

    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  • Psalms 85:6

    Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

  • Ephesians 2:1-5

    And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, …

  • Psalms 79:13

    So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So will.
79:13; Joh 6:66-69; Heb 10:38,39
quicken.
85:6; 119:25,37,40,107,154,156; So 1:4; Php 2:12,13; Eph 2:1-5

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Context

  • Psalms 80:17

    Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

  • Psalms 80:18

    So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

  • Psalms 80:19

    Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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Psalms 80:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así no nos volveremos de ti: vida nos darás, é invocaremos tu nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que ta main soit sur l’homme de ta droite, sur le fils de l’homme que tu as fortifié pour toi:
German
Elberfelder 1871		So werden wir nicht von dir abweichen; belebe uns, und wir werden deinen Namen anrufen.