Psalm 80

A Prayer to Restore Israel

80For the music director, according to The Lilies.

A testimony. Of Asaph. A psalm.^a

¹Give ear, O shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock.

Shine forth, you who sits enthroned above the cherubim.

²Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,

stir up your power

and come for our salvation.

³O God, restore us,

and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

⁴O Yahweh God of hosts,

how long will you be angry^b

against the prayer of your people?

⁵You have fed them the bread of tears;

you have given them tears to drink in full measure.^c

⁶You have made us an object of strife to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock among themselves.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us

and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

⁸You uprooted a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

⁹You prepared a place before it,

and it took deep root^d and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shade,

and the mighty cedars with its boughs.

¹¹It spread its branches to the sea

and its shoots to the river.

¹²Why have you broken down its walls,

so that all who pass on the road pluck fruit from it?

¹³Swine from the forests devour^e it

and creatures of the field feed on it.

¹⁴Please return, O God of hosts.

Observe from heaven and see,

and pay attention to this vine,

¹⁵even the stalk that your right hand planted,

and concerning the shoot^f you strengthened for yourself.

¹⁶It is burned with fire, cut down.

They perish at the rebuke of your face.

¹⁷Let your hand be on the man of your right hand,

on the son of humankind whom you made strong for yourself.

¹⁸Then we will not turn back from you.

Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name.

¹⁹O Yahweh God of hosts, restore us;

cause your face to shine that we may be saved.