PsalmsChapter 80

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¹For the choir leader. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A psalm of Asaph.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel.
You lead Joseph like a flock.
You sit on your throne between the cherubim.
Shine out ²before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Wake up your mighty power.
Come and save us. ³God, bring us back.
Make your face shine on us,
so that we may be saved. ⁴LORD God of Hosts,
how long will your anger smoke
against the prayers of your people? ⁵You have fed them tears for bread.
You have made them drink bowls full of tears. ⁶You make us something our neighbors fight over.
Our enemies make fun of us. ⁷God of Hosts, bring us back.
Make your face shine on us,
so that we may be saved. ⁸You dug up a vine from Egypt.
You drove out the nations and planted it. ⁹You cleared the ground for it.
It put down roots and filled the land. ¹⁰Its shade covered the mountains.
Its branches covered the mighty cedars. ¹¹It sent out its branches to the Sea.
It sent its shoots toward the River.a ¹²Why have you broken down its walls?
Now everyone who walks by picks its fruit. ¹³The wild boar from the forest tears it up.
The animals of the field feed on it. ¹⁴God of Hosts, please come back!
Look down from heaven and see!
Take care of this vine, ¹⁵the root your right hand has planted,
the son you have raised up for yourself. ¹⁶Your vine has been cut down and burned.
They perish at the rebuke of your face. ¹⁷Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand.
Let it rest on the son of man you have raised up for yourself. ¹⁸Then we will not turn away from you.
Give us new life, and we will call on your name. ¹⁹LORD God of Hosts, bring us back.
Make your face shine on us,
so that we may be saved.