Apologetics Bible

Psalms 80:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ אֶל־שֹׁשַׁנִּים עֵדוּת לְאָסָף מִזְמֽוֹר׃

lamenatzecha-'el-shoshaniym-'edvt-le'asaf-mizemvor

KJV: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

AKJV: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.

ASV: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

YLT: To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. --A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs--shine forth,

Exposition: Psalms 80:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:2

Hebrew

רֹעֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל ׀ הַאֲזִינָה נֹהֵג כַּצֹּאן יוֹסֵף יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרוּבִים הוֹפִֽיעָה׃

ro'eh-yishera'el- -ha'aziynah-noheg-khatzo'n-yvosef-yoshev-hakhervviym-hvofiy'ah

KJV: Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

AKJV: Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us.

ASV: Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might,

YLT: Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

Exposition: Psalms 80:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:3

Hebrew

לִפְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם ׀ וּבִנְיָמִן וּמְנַשֶּׁה עוֹרְרָה אֶת־גְּבֽוּרָתֶךָ וּלְכָה לִישֻׁעָתָה לָּֽנוּ׃

lifeney-'eferayim- -vvineyamin-vmenasheh-'vorerah-'et-gevvratekha-vlekhah-liyshu'atah-lanv

KJV: Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

AKJV: Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

ASV: Turn us again, O God;

YLT: O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Exposition: Psalms 80:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:4

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ וְהָאֵר פָּנֶיךָ וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃

'elohiym-hashiyvenv-veha'er-faneykha-venivashe'ah

KJV: O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

AKJV: O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

ASV: O Jehovah God of hosts,

YLT: Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

Exposition: Psalms 80:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:5

Hebrew

יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת עַד־מָתַי עָשַׁנְתָּ בִּתְפִלַּת עַמֶּֽךָ׃

yehvah-'elohiym-tzeva'vot-'ad-matay-'ashaneta-vitefilat-'amekha

KJV: Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

AKJV: You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.

ASV: Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears,

YLT: Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

Exposition: Psalms 80:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:6

Hebrew

הֶאֱכַלְתָּם לֶחֶם דִּמְעָה וַתַּשְׁקֵמוֹ בִּדְמָעוֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ׃

he'ekhaletam-lechem-dime'ah-vatasheqemvo-videma'vot-shaliysh

KJV: Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

AKJV: You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

ASV: Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors;

YLT: Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

Exposition: Psalms 80:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:7

Hebrew

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָדוֹן לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ וְאֹיְבֵינוּ יִלְעֲגוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃

teshiymenv-madvon-lishekheneynv-ve'oyeveynv-yile'agv-lamvo

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

AKJV: Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

ASV: Turn us again, O God of hosts;

YLT: God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Exposition: Psalms 80:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:8

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ וְהָאֵר פָּנֶיךָ וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעָה׃

'elohiym-tzeva'vot-hashiyvenv-veha'er-faneykha-venivashe'ah

KJV: Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

AKJV: You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.

ASV: Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt:

YLT: A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

Exposition: Psalms 80:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:9

Hebrew

גֶּפֶן מִמִּצְרַיִם תַּסִּיעַ תְּגָרֵשׁ גּוֹיִם וַתִּטָּעֶֽהָ׃

gefen-mimitzerayim-tasiy'a-tegaresh-gvoyim-vatita'eha

KJV: Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

AKJV: You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

ASV: Thou preparedst room before it,

YLT: Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

Exposition: Psalms 80:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:10

Hebrew

פִּנִּיתָ לְפָנֶיהָ וַתַּשְׁרֵשׁ שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ׃

finiyta-lefaneyha-vatasheresh-sharasheyha-vatemale'-'aretz

KJV: The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

AKJV: The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

ASV: The mountains were covered with the shadow of it,

YLT: Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

Exposition: Psalms 80:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:11

Hebrew

כָּסּוּ הָרִים צִלָּהּ וַעֲנָפֶיהָ אַֽרְזֵי־אֵֽל׃

khasv-hariym-tzilah-va'anafeyha-'arezey-'el

KJV: She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

AKJV: She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.

ASV: It sent out its branches unto the sea,

YLT: It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

Exposition: Psalms 80:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:12

Hebrew

תְּשַׁלַּח קְצִירֶהָ עַד־יָם וְאֶל־נָהָר יֽוֹנְקוֹתֶֽיהָ׃

teshalach-qetziyreha-'ad-yam-ve'el-nahar-yvoneqvoteyha

KJV: Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

AKJV: Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

ASV: Why hast thou broken down its walls,

YLT: Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

Exposition: Psalms 80:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:13

Hebrew

לָמָּה פָּרַצְתָּ גְדֵרֶיהָ וְאָרוּהָ כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃

lamah-faratzeta-gedereyha-ve'arvha-khal-'overey-darekhe

KJV: The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

AKJV: The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.

ASV: The boar out of the wood doth ravage it,

YLT: A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

Exposition: Psalms 80:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:14

Hebrew

יְכַרְסְמֶנָּֽה חֲזִיר מִיָּעַר וְזִיז שָׂדַי יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃

yekharesemenah-chaziyr-miya'ar-veziyz-shaday-yire'enah

KJV: Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

AKJV: Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

ASV: Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:

YLT: God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

Exposition: Psalms 80:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:15

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת שֽׁוּב־נָא הַבֵּט מִשָּׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וּפְקֹד גֶּפֶן זֹֽאת׃

'elohiym-tzeva'vot-shvv-na'-havet-mishamayim-vre'eh-vfeqod-gefen-zo't

KJV: And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

AKJV: And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.

ASV: And the stock which thy right hand planted,

YLT: And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

Exposition: Psalms 80:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:16

Hebrew

וְכַנָּה אֲשֶׁר־נָטְעָה יְמִינֶךָ וְעַל־בֵּן אִמַּצְתָּה לָּֽךְ׃

vekhanah-'asher-nate'ah-yemiynekha-ve'al-ven-'imatzetah-lakhe

KJV: It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

AKJV: It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

ASV: It is burned with fire, it is cut down:

YLT: Burnt with fire--cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

Exposition: Psalms 80:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:17

Hebrew

שְׂרֻפָה בָאֵשׁ כְּסוּחָה מִגַּעֲרַת פָּנֶיךָ יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

sherufah-va'esh-khesvchah-miga'arat-faneykha-yo'vedv

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

AKJV: Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

ASV: Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,

YLT: Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

Exposition: Psalms 80:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:18

Hebrew

תְּֽהִי־יָדְךָ עַל־אִישׁ יְמִינֶךָ עַל־בֶּן־אָדָם אִמַּצְתָּ לָּֽךְ׃

tehiy-yadekha-'al-'iysh-yemiynekha-'al-ven-'adam-'imatzeta-lakhe

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

AKJV: So will not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call on your name.

ASV: So shall we not go back from thee:

YLT: And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

Exposition: Psalms 80:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 80:19

Hebrew

וְלֹא־נָסוֹג מִמֶּךָּ תְּחַיֵּנוּ וּבְשִׁמְךָ נִקְרָֽא׃

velo'-nasvog-mimekha-techayenv-vveshimekha-niqera'

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

AKJV: Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

ASV: Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts;

YLT: O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

Exposition: Psalms 80:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.