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Psalm 80:1-2

Psalm 80^[a]

For the music director, according to the shushan-eduth style;^[b] a psalm of Asaph.

80 O Shepherd of Israel, pay attention,
you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep.
You who sit enthroned above the cherubim,^[c] reveal your splendor.^[d]
²In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal^[e] your power.
Come and deliver us.^[f]

Psalm 80:8-19

⁸You uprooted a vine^[a] from Egypt;
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
⁹You cleared the ground for it;^[b]
it took root,^[c]
and filled the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars^[d] by its branches.
¹¹Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,^[e]
and its shoots the Euphrates River.^[f]
¹²Why did you break down its walls,^[g]
so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?^[h]
¹³The wild boars of the forest ruin it;^[i]
the insects^[j] of the field feed on it.
¹⁴O God of Heaven’s Armies,^[k] come back.
Look down from heaven and take notice.
Take care of this vine,
¹⁵the root^[l] your right hand planted,
the shoot you made to grow.^[m]
¹⁶It is burned^[n] and cut down.
May those who did this die because you are displeased with them.^[o]
¹⁷May you give support to the one you have chosen,^[p]
to the one whom you raised up for yourself.^[q]
¹⁸Then we will not turn away from you.
Revive us and we will pray to you.^[r]
¹⁹O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,^[s] restore us.
Smile on us.^[t] Then we will be delivered.^[u]

Footnotes

Psalm 80:8 sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).
Psalm 80:9 tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”
Psalm 80:9 tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”
Psalm 80:10 tn Heb “cedars of God.” The divine name אֵל (ʾel, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
Psalm 80:11 tn Heb “to [the] sea.” The “sea” refers here to the Mediterranean Sea.
Psalm 80:11 tn Heb “to [the] river.” The “river” is the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia. Israel expanded both to the west and to the east.
Psalm 80:12 sn The protective walls of the metaphorical vineyard are in view here (see Isa 5:5).
Psalm 80:12 tn Heb “pluck it.”
Psalm 80:13 tn The Hebrew verb כִּרְסֵם (kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.
Psalm 80:13 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word translated “insects,” which occurs only here and in Ps 50:11, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
Psalm 80:14 tn Heb “O God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (ts^evaʾot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ʾelohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (ts^evaʾot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also vv. 4, 7 for a similar construction.
Psalm 80:15 tn The form וְכַנָּה (v^ekhannah, “and a root”) is understood as וְכַנָּהּ (v^ekhannah), taking the ה (he) at the end as the third feminine singular pronominal suffix הּ (he with mappiq is hard “h”) rather than as the noun ending (see HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן). Elsewhere the noun refers to a pedestal or base, most often for the wash basin between the tabernacle and the altar. Translations here vary as “root” (NIV), “shoot” (NASB), “stock” (ASV, ESV, RSV), or the contextually driven “vineyard” (KJV).
Psalm 80:15 tn Heb “and upon a son you strengthened for yourself.” In this context, where the extended metaphor of the vine dominates, בֵּן (ben, “son”) probably refers to the shoots that grow from the vine. Cf. Gen 49:22.
Psalm 80:16 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
Psalm 80:16 tn Heb “because of the rebuke of your face they perish.”
Psalm 80:17 tn Heb “may your hand be upon the man of your right hand.” The referent of the otherwise unattested phrase “man of your right hand,” is unclear. It may refer to the nation collectively as a man. (See the note on the word “yourself” in v. 17b.)
Psalm 80:17 tn Heb “upon the son of man you strengthened for yourself.” In its only other use in the Book of Psalms, the phrase “son of man” refers to the human race in general (see Ps 8:4). Here the phrase may refer to the nation collectively as a man. Note the use of the statement “you strengthened for yourself” both here and in v. 15, where the “son” (i.e., the branch of the vine) refers to Israel.
Psalm 80:18 tn Heb “and in your name we will call.”
Psalm 80:19 tn Heb “O Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (ts^evaʾot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ʾelohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (ts^evaʾot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also vv. 4, 7, 14 for a similar construction.
Psalm 80:19 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).
Psalm 80:19 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

Isaiah 2:5-11

⁵O descendants^[a] of Jacob,
come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.^[b]

The Lord’s Day of Judgment

⁶Indeed, O Lord,^[c] you have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
For diviners from the east are everywhere;^[d]
they consult omen readers like the Philistines do.^[e]
Plenty of foreigners are around.^[f]
⁷Their land is full of gold and silver;
there is no end to their wealth.^[g]
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots.^[h]
⁸Their land is full of worthless idols;
they worship^[i] the product of their own hands,
what their own fingers have fashioned.
⁹Men bow down to them in homage,
they lie flat on the ground in worship.^[j]
Don’t spare them!^[k]
¹⁰Go up into the rocky cliffs,
hide in the ground.
Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord,^[l]
from his royal splendor!
¹¹Proud men will be brought low,
arrogant men will be humiliated;^[m]
the Lord alone will be exalted^[n]
in that day.

Footnotes

Isaiah 2:5 tn Heb “house,” referring to the family line or descendants (likewise in v. 6).
Isaiah 2:5 tn Heb “let’s walk in the light of the Lord.” In this context, which speaks of the Lord’s instruction and commands, the “light of the Lord” refers to his moral standards by which he seeks to guide his people. One could paraphrase, “let’s obey the Lord’s commands.”
Isaiah 2:6 tn The words “O Lord” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Isaiah addresses the Lord in prayer.
Isaiah 2:6 tc Heb “they are full from the east.” Various scholars retain the BHS reading and suggest that the prophet makes a general statement concerning Israel’s reliance on foreign customs (J. Watts, Isaiah [WBC], 1:32; J. de Waard, Isaiah, 12-13). Nevertheless, it appears that a word is missing. Based on the parallelism (note “omen readers” in 2:6c), many suggest that קֹסְמִים (qos^emim, “diviners”) or מִקְסָם (miqsam, “divination”) has been accidentally omitted. Homoioteleuton could account for the omission of an original קֹסְמִים (note how this word and the following מִקֶּדֶם [miqqedem, “from the east”] both end in mem); an original מִקְסָם could have fallen out by homoioarcton (note how this word and the following מִקֶּדֶם both begin with mem).
Isaiah 2:6 tn Heb “and omen readers like the Philistines.” Through this line and the preceding, the prophet contends that Israel has heavily borrowed the pagan practices of the east and west (in violation of Lev 19:26; Deut 18:9-14).
Isaiah 2:6 tn Heb “and with the children of foreigners they [?].” The precise meaning of the final word is uncertain. Some take this verb (I שָׂפַק, safaq) to mean “slap,” supply the object “hands,” and translate, “they slap [hands] with foreigners”; HALOT 1349 s.v. I שׂפק. This could be a reference to foreign alliances. This translation has two disadvantages: It requires the conjectural insertion of “hands” and the use of this verb with its object prefixed with a בְּ (bet) preposition with this meaning does not occur elsewhere. The other uses of this verb refer to clapping at someone, an indication of hostility. The translation above assumes the verb is derived from II שׂפק (“to suffice,” attested in the Qal in 1 Kgs 20:10; HALOT 1349 s.v. II שׂפק). In this case the point is that a sufficient number of foreigners (in this case, too many!) live in the land. The disadvantage of this option is that the preposition prefixed to “the children of foreigners” does not occur with this verb elsewhere. The chosen translation is preferred since it continues the idea of abundant foreign influence and does not require a conjectural insertion or emendation.
Isaiah 2:7 tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”
Isaiah 2:7 sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.
Isaiah 2:8 tn Or “bow down to” (NIV, NRSV).
Isaiah 2:9 tn Heb “men bow down, men are low.” Since the verbs שָׁחָח (shakhakh) and שָׁפַל (shafal) are used later in this discourse to describe how God will humiliate proud men (see vv. 11, 17), some understand v. 9a as a prediction of judgment, “men will be brought down, men will be humiliated.” However, these prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive appear to carry on the description that precedes and are better taken with the accusation. They draw attention to the fact that human beings actually bow down and worship before the lifeless products of their own hands.
Isaiah 2:9 tn Heb “don’t lift them up.” The idiom “lift up” (נָשָׂא with לְ, nasaʾ with preposition lamed) can mean “spare, forgive” (see Gen 18:24, 26). Here the idiom plays on the preceding verbs. The idolaters are bowed low as they worship their false gods; the prophet asks God not to “lift them up.”
Isaiah 2:10 tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “get away” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
Isaiah 2:11 tn Heb “and the eyes of the pride of men will be brought low, and the arrogance of men will be brought down.” The repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.
Isaiah 2:11 tn Or “elevated”; CEV “honored.”

Hebrews 10:26-31

²⁶For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,^[a] ²⁷but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury^[b] of fire that will consume God’s enemies.^[c] ²⁸Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death^[d] without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^[e] ²⁹How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for^[f] the Son of God, and profanes^[g] the blood of the covenant that made him holy,^[h] and insults the Spirit of grace? ³⁰For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”^[i] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^[j] ³¹It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm 80[a]

For the music director, according to the shushan-eduth style;[b] a psalm of Asaph.

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The Lord’s Day of Judgment

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Psalm 80^[a]

For the music director, according to the shushan-eduth style;^[b] a psalm of Asaph.