Verse Lens · Context pointer
Psalms 80:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
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Role in This Section
Psalm 80:18: Within “Restore us: the vine and the shining face: Strengthen the son and restore us again,” the line “So will not we go back from thee” supplies one distinct parallel claim, image, address, or response.
Read It With
- Psalms 80:17–19
- Psalms 80:1–19
Read Psalms 80:18 with 80:17–19 and 80:1–19. Read alone, “So will not we go back from thee” could lose the communal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 80:17–19, the communal voice carries the movement “Strengthen the son and restore us again” as part of “Restore us: the vine and the shining face.” Its communal-lament form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why It Needs Context
The line “So will not we go back from thee” is a premise, image, address, response, or transition inside Psalms 80:17–19; its parallel neighbors and the movement titled “Restore us: the vine and the shining face: Strengthen the son and restore us again” must supply the claim before teaching or application.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 80:17–19 — Restore us: the vine and the shining face: Strengthen the son and restore us againSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 80:17–19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 80:17–19
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