Psalm 80

PSALM 80

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the choir director; set to ^†El Shoshannim; ^•Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Oh, give ear, ^aShepherd of Israel,

You who lead ^bJoseph like a flock;

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

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

And come to save us!

³O God, ^arestore us

And ^bcause Your face to shine upon us, ¹and we will be saved.

⁴O ^aLord God of hosts,

^bHow long will You ¹be angry with 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 make us ¹an object of contention ^ato our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us, ¹and we will be saved.

⁸You removed a ^avine from Egypt;

You ^bdrove out the ¹nations and ^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 was sending 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 ^aeats it away

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

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

^bLook down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

¹⁵Even the ^1ashoot 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 countenance.

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 Lord God of hosts, ^arestore us;

Cause Your face to shine upon us, ¹and we will be saved.