Psalms 80

Shoshannim Eduth] See the Observations on Psal. LX. 1. and XLV. 1. some make Eduth here, which signifieth a testimony, to import the Churches testimony and profession of her faith in the promise of God for her deliverance out of the Babylonish captivity, at the end of seventy years, Ier. XXIX. 10. And so this Psalme to be made in the time of that captivity.

Asaph] See the Observations on Psal. L.

Psalms 80:17

upon the man of thy right hand] Thy beloved one; as Benjamin was, Gen. XXXV. 18. And here may be meant, David, in his posterity, Psal. CXXXII. 10, 11. and LXXXIX. 19, 20, 21, 35. Or, Zerubbabel particularly. But both as shadowes and types, of Christ the substance, principaly intended, Col. I. 13. Psal. XLV. 3. Luke XXIV. 19. Heb. II. 18.