Psalms 80
1 For the director of music, to the tune “Lilies.” A testimony. Of Asaph. A psalm.
2 Shepherd of Israel, listen; you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth.
3 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us.
4 O God, restore us; make your face shine, and we will be saved.
5 LORD, God of Hosts, how long will your anger smolder against the prayer of your people?
6 You fed them with the bread of tears and gave them tears to drink in full measure.
7 You have made us a source of strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
8 O God of Hosts, restore us; make your face shine, and we will be saved.
9 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and planted it.
10 You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.
11 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the cedars of God by its branches.
12 It sent its branches as far as the sea, and its shoots as far as the River.
13 Why have you torn down its walls, so that all who pass along the road pick its fruit?
14 The wild boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed on it.
15 O God of Hosts, please turn back; look down from heaven, see, and care for this vine.
16 Care for the shoot your right hand planted, and the son you strengthened for yourself.
17 It has been burned by fire and cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your face.
18 May your hand rest on the man at your right hand, on the son of man you strengthened for yourself.
19 Then we will not turn away from you; give us life, and we will call on your name.
20 LORD, God of Hosts, restore us; make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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