Psalm 80
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A
Psalm by Asaph.
1 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 LORD 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, LORD God
of Armies.
Cause your face
to shine, and we
will be saved.