From reading Psalm 80.
I notice that this is again a Psalm of Asaph. He does not seem to have the deepest flowing thoughts. He lives in a time when Israel is a wasteland. We know this because all the people around are laughing at them. The temple and Jerusalem have been destroyed.
Asaph totally misses the point. He complains and calls on God. He wants restoration and renewal. What he does not want is responsibility and repentance. He does not seem to see the sin in Israel.
He tries to make a deal with God.
Psalm 80:18 (KJV) So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.He seems to think that he has the upper hand and God will fall for his offer. He totally misses the point that Israel is suffering because of this kind of attitude.
Do I try to bargain with God from a position of strength? What a joke but how typical.
homo unius libri
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