Psalm 8023
For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style;24 a psalm of Asaph.
80:1 O shepherd of Israel, pay attention,
you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep!
You who sit enthroned above the winged angels,1 reveal your splendor!2
80:2 In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal3 your power!
Come and deliver us!4
Smile on us!5 Then we will be delivered!6
80:4 O Lord God, invincible warrior!7
How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?8
80:5 You have given them tears as food;9
you have made them drink tears by the measure.10
80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us,11
and our enemies insult us.
80:7 O God, invincible warrior,12 restore us!
Smile on us!13 Then we will be delivered!14
80:8 You uprooted a vine15 from Egypt;
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it;16
it took root,17
and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars18 by its branches.
80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,19
and its shoots the Euphrates River.20
80:12 Why did you break down its walls,21
so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?22
80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it;23
the insects24 of the field feed on it.
80:14 O God, invincible warrior,25 come back!
Look down from heaven and take notice!
Take care of this vine,
80:15 the root26 your right hand planted,
the shoot you made to grow!27
80:16 It is burned28 and cut down.
They die because you are displeased with them.29
80:17 May you give support to the one you have chosen,30
to the one whom you raised up for yourself!31
80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.
Revive us and we will pray to you!32
80:19 O Lord God, invincible warrior,33 restore us!
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