Psalm 80

Psalm 80

For the director of music. A psalm of Asaph to the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.”

¹Shepherd of Israel, hear us.

You lead the people of Joseph like a flock.

You sit on your throne between the cherubim.

Show your glory

²to the people of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.

Call your strength into action.

Come and save us.

³God, make us new again.

Let your face smile on us with favor.

Then we will be saved.

⁴Lord God who rules over all,

how long will your anger burn

against the prayers of your people?

⁵You have given us tears as our food.

You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.

⁶You have let our neighbors fight against us.

Our enemies laugh at us.

⁷God who rules over all, make us new again.

Let your face smile on us with favor.

Then we will be saved.

⁸You brought Israel out of Egypt.

Israel was like a vine.

After you drove the nations out of Canaan,

you planted the vine in their land.

⁹You prepared the ground for it.

It took root and spread out over the whole land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shade.

The shade of its branches covered the mighty cedar trees.

¹¹Your vine sent its branches out all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.

They reached as far as the Euphrates River.

¹²Why have you broken down the walls around your vine?

Now all who pass by it can pick its grapes.

¹³Wild pigs from the forest destroy it.

The creatures of the field feed on it.

¹⁴God who rules over all, return to us!

Look down from heaven and see us!

Watch over your vine.

¹⁵Guard the root you have planted with your powerful right hand.

Take care of the branch you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁶Your vine has been cut down. Fire has burned it up.

You have been angry with us, and we are dying.

¹⁷May you honor the people at your right hand.

May you honor the nation you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁸Then we won’t turn away from you.

Give us new life. We will worship you.

¹⁹Lord God who rules over all, make us new again.

Let your face smile on us with favor.

Then we will be saved.