This very touching and beautiful psalm purports also to be a psalm of
Asaph. Compare the notes at the title to Psalms 73. On the phrase
“upon Shoshannim-eduth” in the title, see the notes at the title...
BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Y...
The Psalm begins with a prayer to the Shepherd of Israel once more to
manifest His power and lead His people to victory (Psalms 80:1-3).
How long, pleads the Psalmist, will God continue to be angry w...
LXXX.
That this plaintive cry for restoration to a state which should be
indicative of the Divine favour, arose from Israel when groaning under
foreign oppression which it was powerless to resist, is...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 80
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON SHOSHANNIMEDUTH, A PSALM OF ASAPH. Of the
word "shoshannim", Psalms 45:1, and of "shushaneduth", Psalms 60:1
which seems to be the same with this h...
_A.M. 3294. B.C. 710._
This Psalm was composed upon occasion of some calamity which befell
the tribes of Israel after their division into two kingdoms, and
before the captivity of either of them. In...