Psalm 80

Psalm 80

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.

¹Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, ^bYou who lead Joseph ^clike a flock;

You who dwell between the cherubim, ^dshine forth!

²Before ^eEphraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,

Stir up Your strength,

And come and save us!

^3fRestore us, O God;

^gCause Your face to shine,

And we shall be saved!

⁴O Lord God of hosts,

^hHow long will You be angry

Against the prayer of Your people?

⁵ⁱYou have fed them with the bread of tears,

And given them tears to drink in great measure.

⁶You have made us a strife to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷Restore us, O God of hosts;

Cause Your face to shine,

And we shall be saved!

⁸You have brought ^ja vine out of Egypt;

^kYou have cast out the ³nations, and planted it.

⁹You prepared room for it,

And caused it to take deep root,

And it filled the land.

¹⁰The hills were covered with its shadow,

And the ⁴mighty cedars with its ^lboughs.

¹¹She sent out her boughs to ⁵the Sea,

And her branches to ⁶the River.

¹²Why have You ^mbroken down her ⁷hedges,

So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?

¹³The boar out of the woods uproots it,

And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;

ⁿLook down from heaven and see,

And visit this vine

¹⁵And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,

And the branch that You made strong ^ofor Yourself.

¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

^pThey perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

^17qLet Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we will not turn back from You;

Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;

Cause Your face to shine,

And we shall be saved!