Psalms 80
Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.
1before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.2Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
3O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
4You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
5You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
6Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
7You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
8You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
9The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
10It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
11Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
12The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
13Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
14the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
15Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
16Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
17Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
18Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.