Psalm 80
Prayer for Israel's Restoration
To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock!
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and
Manasseh.
Stir up your might,
and come to save us!
3 Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
4 O LORD God of
hosts,
how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5 You have fed them with the bread of
tears,
and given them tears to drink in full measure.
6 You make us the scorna
of our neighbors;
our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may 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
shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches;
11 it sent out its branches to the
sea,
and its shoots to the River.
12 Why then have you broken down its
walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest ravages
it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts;
look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15 the stock that your right hand
planted.b
16 They have burned it with fire, they
have cut it down;c
may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
17 But let your hand be upon the one
at your right hand,
the one whom you made strong for yourself.
18 Then we will never turn back from
you;
give us life, and we will call on your name.
19 Restore us, O LORD
God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.