Psalm 80

PSALM 80

O God, Restore Us

For the choir director. ^†El Shoshannim. ^•Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

¹O ^aShepherd of Israel, give ear,

You who guide ^bJoseph like a flock;

You who ^care enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

²Before ^aEphraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, ^bstir up Your might

And come to save us!

³O God, ^arestore us

And ^bcause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved.

⁴O ^aYahweh God of hosts,

^bHow long will You ¹smolder against the prayer of Your people?

⁵You have fed them with the ^abread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in ¹large measure.

⁶You set us as ¹an object of strife ^ato our neighbors,

And our enemies mock us among themselves.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.

⁸You removed a ^avine from Egypt;

You ^bdrove out the ¹nations and then You ^cplanted it.

⁹You ^acleared the ground before it,

And it ^btook deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And ¹the cedars of God with its ^aboughs.

¹¹It sent out its branches ^ato the sea

And its shoots to the River.

¹²Why have You ^abroken down its ¹hedges,

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

¹³A boar from the forest ^adevours it

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴O God of hosts, ^areturn now, we beseech You;

^bLook down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,

¹⁵Even the ^1asapling which Your right hand has planted,

And on the ²son whom You have ³strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶It is ^aburned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the ^brebuke of Your face.

¹⁷Let ^aYour hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man whom You ^bmade strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we shall not ^aturn back from You;

^bRevive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹O Yahweh God of hosts, ^arestore us;

Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.