Psalms 80:17

May you give support to the one you have chosen, ¹  to the one whom you raised up for yourself! ² 

Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.

Then take the hand of your once-favorite child, the child you raised to adulthood.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom you made strong for yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

May you give support to the one you have chosen, ¹  to the one whom you raised up for yourself! ² 

¹ tn Heb “may your hand be upon the man of your right hand.” The referent of the otherwise unattested phrase “man of your right hand,” is unclear. It may refer to the nation collectively as a man. (See the note on the word “yourself” in v. 17b.)

² tn Heb “upon the son of man you strengthened for yourself.” In its only other use in the Book of Psalms, the phrase “son of man” refers to the human race in general (see Ps 8:4). Here the phrase may refer to the nation collectively as a man. Note the use of the statement “you strengthened for yourself” both here and in v. 15, where the “son” (i.e., the branch of the vine) refers to Israel.