Psalm 80

A Prayer for Restoration

For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.

1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;
You who sit enthroned [on] the cherubim,
rise up
2 before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Rally Your power and come to save us.

3 Restore us, God;
look [on us] with favor,
and we will be saved.

4 Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people's prayers?
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
6 You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us.

7 Restore us, God of Hosts;
look [on us] with favor, and we will be saved.

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared [a place] for it;
it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea
and shoots toward the River.

12 Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.
14 Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root Your right hand has planted,
the shoot that You made strong for Yourself.
16 It was cut down and burned up;
they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.

19 Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;
look [on us] with favor, and we will be saved.

Psalm 80

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

9 Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

18 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.