Bible in one year 9/7/ 2022 Book III Psalm 79- 81
By Rev. Katherine
Liu Bruce
Christian Arts
Ministries : Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry &
Counseling
Psalm 79 A psalm of Asaph. In this imprecatory
psalm, Asaph bemoans the desecration of Jerusalem (vv.1-5) and beseeches God to
destroy Israel’s enemies(vv.6-13). Verse 1-5 depict the destruction of
Jerusalem by the armies of Babylon in 586. The psalmist appeals to God’s mercy
(vv.8-9) and to His honor (v.10).
O
God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy
temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have given the dead bodies
of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to
the beasts of the earth. They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead. We are objects of reproach to our
neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. How long, O Lord? will you
be angry forever? (vv.1-4)
How long will your jealousy burn like fire? Pour
out your wrath on the nations that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed
his homeland. Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy
come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. (vv.5-8).
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven
times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. Then we your people
pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount
your praise. (vv.12-13).
Psalm
80
A psalm of Asaph. Written against the background of the Assyrian captivity of
the northern tribes of Israel (2Kings17:6), this psalm reveals the shock that
event had in Jerusalem(where the Asaph singers lived). Now exposed to Assyria
on the north, the people of Judah cry to God as the Shepherd of His sheep
(vv.1-7) and to God as the Husbandman of His vineyard (vv.8-19). Verse 3
restore us. More than a cry for national restoration, this includes a desire
for spiritual revival(v.18) and implies a confession of sin. Verses 8-9 Israel,
the vine, transplanted from Egypt, had spread throughout Canaan. The Sea is the
Mediterranean; the River, the Euphrates. (v.11).
Psalm
80:1-19
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead
Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
(vv.1-2).
Restore us, O God; make
your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. (v.3). O Lord God
Almighty, how long will your anger smolder anger the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by
the bowlful. You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors, and our
enemies mock us. (vv.3-6).
Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face
shine upon us, that we may be saved.(v.7).
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out
the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and
filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars
with its branches. It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the
River. (vv.8-11).
Why have you broken down its walls so that all
who pass by pick its grapes? Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures
of the field feed on it. Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down from
heaven and see! Watch over this vine, the root your right hand has planted, the
son you have raised up for yourself.(vv.12-15).
Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;
at your rebuke your people perish. Let your hand rest on the man at your right
hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. Then we will not turn
away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. (vv.16-18).
Restore us, O Lord God Almighty; make your face
shine upon us, that we may be saved. (v.19)
Psalm 81
A psalm of Asaph. This psalm, associated with the Feast of Tabernacles
(Lev.23:34-43) opens with a summons to praise(vv.1-5), continues with an
exhortation to remember(vv.6-10), and concludes with a call to repent
(vv.11-16). Verse 3 The New Moon. The beginning of the seventh month, when the
trumpet was blown (Lev.23:24). When the moon is full. On the fifteenth day,
when the Feast of Tabernacles began. Verse 5 the language they did not know is
Egypt was the call to liberation from Egypt of verse 6.
Psalm 81 :1-16
Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to
the God of Jacob! Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious
harp and lyre. Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full,
on the day of our Feast; this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God
of Jacob. He established it as a statute for Joseph
when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.
(vv.1-5).
He says, “ I removed the burden from their
shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.” In your distress you
called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at
the waters of Meribah. (vv.6-7).
Hear, O my people, and I will
warn you --- if you would but listen to me, O Israel! You shall have no foreign
god among you; you shall not down to an alien god. I am the Lord your God, who brought
you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. (vv.8-10).
But my people would not listen
to me; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices. “ If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would
follow my ways, how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against
their foes! (vv.11-14).
Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and
their punishment would last forever. But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (vv.15-16).
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible
(NIV). Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.
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