Psalms 80 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

¹Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth+ ²before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.+ ³Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.+ ⁴O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?+ ⁵You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.+ ⁶You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.+ ⁷Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.+ ⁸You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.+ ⁹You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.+ ¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.+ ¹¹It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.+ ¹²Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?+ ¹³The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.+ ¹⁴Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to 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 countenance.+ ¹⁷Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.+ ¹⁸Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.+ ¹⁹Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.+

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

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