Psalms 80

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

2 before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it, and 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 its branches to the Sea, and its 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 ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

15 the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

17 Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

18 Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

19 Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

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

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

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: 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 hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.

11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

12 Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath 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 will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

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

1 a psalm of Assaph from the span roses, to be sung.

2 Thou shepherd of Israel, hear, thou that tendest Joseph as the sheep; appear, thou that sittest over cherubims.

3 Awaken thy power, which is before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, and come to our help.

4 God, comfort us, and make thy face to shine, and we shall be healed.

5 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy people?

6 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and waterest them with a great measure of tears.

7 Thou hast set us at variance with our neighbours, and our enemies have mocked us.

8 O God of hosts, comfort us. Let your face shine, and we shall be healed.

9 Thou hast brought up a vine out of Egypt, and hast cast out the heathen, and planted the same.

10 Thou hast made the way before him, and hast rooted him, and he hath filled the land.

11 mountains are covered with his shadow, and with his branches the cedars of GOD.

12 Thou hast spread forth his plant unto the sea, and his branches unto the waters.

13 Wherefore then hast thou broken down his fence, that all that pass by may break it down?

14 The wild swine have rooted him up, and the wild beasts have destroyed him.

15 O God of hosts, turn thou, look down from heaven, and behold, and seek out this vine.

16 And keep him in the building which thy right hand hath planted, and which thou hast firmly chosen for thyself.

17 Look ye in, and rebuke, that there be an end of burning and tearing.

18 Let thine hand guard the people of thy right hand, and the people whom thou hast chosen for thyself,

19 Then we will not depart from thee. Let us live, and we will call upon thy name.

20 O LORD of hosts, comfort us. Let your face shine, and we shall be healed.