14 Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
14 Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
14 God of the angel armies, turn our way! Take a good look at what's happened and attend to this vine.
14 Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine
14 Come back, we beg you, OÂ God of Heaven's Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 80:14
Commentary on Psalm 80:8-16
(Read Psalm 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 boughs of notions and forms, abound far more than real piety. It was wasted and ruined. There was a good reason for this change in God's way toward them. And it is well or ill with us, according as we are under God's smiles or frowns. When we consider the state of the purest part of the visible church, we cannot wonder that it is visited with sharp corrections. They request that God would help the vine. Lord, it is formed by thyself, and for thyself, therefore it may, with humble confidence, be committed to thyself.