Psalm Chapter 80 Back NextPsalm 80 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the
Covenant." A Psalm by
Asaph.
{80:1} Hear us, Shepherd of
Israel, you who lead
Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the
cherubim, shine forth.
{80:2} Before
Ephraim and
Benjamin and
Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
{80:3} Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
{80:4} Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
{80:5} You have fed them with the
bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
{80:6} You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
{80:7} Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
{80:8} You brought a vine out of
Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
{80:9} You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
{80:10} The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's
cedars.
{80:11} It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
{80:12} Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
{80:13} The
boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the
field feed on it.
{80:14} Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from
heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
{80:15} the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
{80:16} It's burned with
fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
{80:17} Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
{80:18} So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
{80:19} Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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