“Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.”
A petition for restoration and strengthening: "But may your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom you made strong for yourself." The shift to singular language (from vine/vineyard to "one") may suggest a focus on the king as representative of the people. The request for God's hand to be upon this figure seeks restoration of royal strength and divine support.
Church Fathers on Psalms 80:17
1. ...If perchance things obscure demand the office of an interpreter, those things which are evident ought to require of me the office of a reader. The song here is of the Advent of the Lord and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His vineyard. But the singer of the song is that Asaph, as far as does appear, enlightened and converted, by whose name ye know the synagogue to be signified. Lastly, the title of the Psalm is: “For the end in behalf of them that shall be changed;”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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