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

¹To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. --A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs--shine forth,+ ²Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.+ ³O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.+ ⁴Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.+ ⁵Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.+ ⁶Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.+ ⁷God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.+ ⁸A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.+ ⁹Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,+ ¹⁰Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.+ ¹¹It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.+ ¹²Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?+ ¹³A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.+ ¹⁴God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,+ ¹⁵And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,+ ¹⁶Burnt with fire--cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.+ ¹⁷Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.+ ¹⁸And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.+ ¹⁹O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!+

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

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