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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear{H8685)}, O Shepherd{H8802)} of Israel, thou that leadest{H8802)} Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest{H8802)} between the cherubims, shine forth{H8685)}.
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And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The psalmist here, in the name of the church, applies to God by prayer, with reference to the present afflicted state of Israel. I. He entreats God’s favour for them ( Ps. 80:1 , 2 ); that is all in all to the sanctuary when it is desolate, and is to be sought in the first place. Observe, 1. How he eyes God in his address as the Shepherd of Israel, whom he had called the sheep of his pasture (Ps.…
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