Psalm 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.