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