Psalm 80
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.
[80:1] Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth. [80:2] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! [80:3] Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. [80:4] Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? [80:5] You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. [80:6] You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. [80:7] Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. [80:8] You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it. [80:9] You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. [80:10] The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars. [80:11] It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River. [80:12] Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? [80:13] The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. [80:14] Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, [80:15] the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself. [80:16] It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke. [80:17] Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. [80:18] So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. [80:19] Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.