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Psalm 80:14

Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

12Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
13The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
15the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
16It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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The plea to visit a ravaged vine makes the request for God’s attention concrete: his people ask him to see what has happened to them.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and …Both prayers say, “Look down from heaven, and see,” asking God to attend to distress.
Psalm 90:13Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!Both prayers ask God to change his dealings with his people, pleading for his return or compassion.
Psalm 6:4Return, LORD. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.Both prayers ask God to return, with Psalm 6 seeking personal deliverance and Psalm 80 seeking care for the vine.
Malachi 3:7Both speak of God’s return; Psalm 80 pleads for it, while Malachi joins it to the people’s return to God.
Isaiah 63:17O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.Both passages plead for God to return on behalf of his people, pictured as a vine or named as his inheritance.
Daniel 9:16–19Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our …Both prayers seek God’s intervention for his distressed people, whom Daniel names alongside Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 38:17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul …Both name the God of Armies; Psalm 80 pleads for his attention, while Jeremiah delivers his instruction to Zedekiah.
Acts 15:16‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it upBoth speak of divine return amid damage: Psalm 80 pleads for the vine, while Acts promises rebuilding David’s fallen tabernacle.
Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God.Both passages look toward God turning again, with Psalm 80 pleading and Joel expressing hope that he may relent.
Lamentations 3:50until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.Both passages look for the Lord to look down from heaven and see.
Psalm 7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.Both address God above his gathered people, asking him to look from heaven or rule on high.
Psalm 33:13The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.Psalm 80 asks God to look down from heaven and see; Psalm 33 declares that he sees all humanity.
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Encouragement

The vine’s damage remains visible throughout this prayer. You need no polished account of distress to ask for God’s attention; the plea reaches toward the God who planted his people.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).