Psalm 80
Reading edition
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.