Psalms 80
80
A Prayer for Restoration
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” # Possibly a tune; Pss 45; 60; 69 A testimony of Asaph. # 1Ch 16:5,7 A psalm.
1Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock; # Ezk 34:11,16,31
You who sit enthroned on the cherubim, # Ps 99:1
rise up # Ps 44:26
2before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh. # This is the marching order for the camp of Israel. # Nm 2:17-24
Rally Your power and come to save us. # Ps 35:23; 106:47; 118:25
3Restore us, God;
look on us with favor,
and we will be saved. # Ps 60:1; 85:4; Lm 5:21
4Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers? # Ps 74:10; 79:5; 85:5
5You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure # Lit a one-third measure
of tears to drink. # Ps 102:9; Is 30:20; Hs 9:4
6You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us. # Ps 44:13; 79:4
7Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved. # Ps 60:1; Lm 5:21
8You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it. # Jr 2:21; 32:41
9You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land. # Am 9:15
10The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars # Lit the cedars of God with its branches. # Ezk 17:22-24
11It sent out sprouts toward the Sea # = the Mediterranean
and shoots toward the River. # = the Euphrates # Ex 23:31; Dt 11:24; Ps 72:8
12Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit? # Ps 89:40; Is 5:5
13The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it. # Jr 5:6
14Return, God of Hosts. # Ps 6:4; 90:13
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15the root # Hb obscure Your right hand has planted,
the shoot # Or son that You made strong for Yourself. # Is 63:15
16It was cut down and burned up; # Lit burned with fire
they # Or may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. # Ps 39:11; 76:6; Is 33:12
17Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself. # Ps 89:21
18Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name. # Ps 71:20; 85:6
19Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts; # Ps 60:1; 85:4; Lm 5:21
look on us with favor, and we will be saved. # Mal 1:9
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Psalms 80
80
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”
1Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
2to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Show us your mighty power.
Come to rescue us!
3Turn us again to yourself, O God.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
4O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,
how long will you be angry with our prayers?
5You have fed us with sorrow
and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
6You have made us the scorn#80:6 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads the strife. of neighboring nations.
Our enemies treat us as a joke.
7Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
9You cleared the ground for us,
and we took root and filled the land.
10Our shade covered the mountains;
our branches covered the mighty cedars.
11We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea;
our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.#80:11 Hebrew west to the sea, . . . east to the river.
12But now, why have you broken down our walls
so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
13The wild boar from the forest devours it,
and the wild animals feed on it.
14Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
Look down from heaven and see our plight.
Take care of this grapevine
15that you yourself have planted,
this son you have raised for yourself.
16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
May they perish at the sight of your frown.
17Strengthen the man you love,
the son of your choice.
18Then we will never abandon you again.
Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
19Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
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