Psalm 80

Psalm LXXX.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

Thou that leadest ^aJoseph ^aalike a flock;

Thou that dwellest ^bbetween the cherubims, ^cshine forth.

^2dBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh

^eStir up thy strength,

And come and save us.

^3fTurn us again, O God,

^gAnd cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

^4hO Lord God of hosts,

ⁱHow long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

⁵Thou feedest them with ^kthe bread of tears;

And givest them tears to drink in great ^lmeasure.

⁶Thou makest us a strife unto ^mour neighbours:

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

^7fTurn us again, O God of hosts,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

⁸Thou hast brought ⁿa vine out of Egypt:

Thou hast ^ocast out the heathen, and ^pplanted it.

⁹Thou ^qpreparedst room before it,

And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

¹⁰The hills were covered with the shadow of it,

And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

¹¹She sent out her ^rboughs unto the sea,

And her ^sbranches ^tunto the river.

¹²Why hast thou then ^ubroken down her hedges,

So ^uthat all they which pass by the way do ^xpluck her?

¹³The boar ^yout of the wood doth waste it,

And ^zthe wild beast of the field doth devour it.

^14aReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:

^bLook down from heaven, and ^cbehold,

And visit this vine;

¹⁵And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,

And the ^dbranch that thou ^emadest strong for thyself.

¹⁶It is ^fburnt with fire, it is ^fcut down:

They perish ^gat the rebuke of thy countenance.

^17hLet thy hand be upon the man of ⁱthy right hand,

Upon ^jthe son of man whom thou ^ehmadest strong for thyself.

¹⁸So will not we go back from thee:

^kQuicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

^19lTurn us again, O Lord God of hosts,

Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.