Prayer for Israel’s Restoration

To the Chief Musician. (A)Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A [b]Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
(B)You who lead Joseph (C)like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, (D)shine forth!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 Heb. Shoshannim
  2. Psalm 80:1 Heb. Eduth

Psalm 80[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock.(A)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(B)
    shine forth

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.

23 (A)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine [a]in it, for the [b]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:23 NU, M omit in it
  2. Revelation 21:23 M very glory

23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp.

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20 You led Your people like a flock
By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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20 You led your people(A) like a flock(B)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(C)

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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
(A)God will shine forth.

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From Zion,(A) perfect in beauty,(B)
    God shines forth.(C)

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Praise to the Lord for His Holiness

99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
(A)He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be [a]moved!

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  1. Psalm 99:1 shaken

Psalm 99

The Lord reigns,(A)
    let the nations tremble;(B)
he sits enthroned(C) between the cherubim,(D)
    let the earth shake.

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25 For (A)you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned (B)to the Shepherd and [a]Overseer of your souls.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:25 Gr. Episkopos

25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[a](A) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(B) and Overseer of your souls.(C)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)

And (A)David arose and went with all the people who were with him from [a]Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called [b]by the Name, the Lord of Hosts, (B)who dwells between the cherubim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:2 Baalah, Kirjath Jearim, Josh. 15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6
  2. 2 Samuel 6:2 LXX, Tg., Vg. omit by the Name; many Heb. mss., Syr. there

He and all his men went to Baalah[a](A) in Judah to bring up from there the ark(B) of God, which is called by the Name,[b](C) the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned(D) between the cherubim(E) on the ark.

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  1. 2 Samuel 6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6)
  2. 2 Samuel 6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name.

So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, (A)who dwells between (B)the cherubim. And the (C)two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.(A) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell

20 Now may (A)the God of peace (B)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, (C)that great Shepherd of the sheep, (D)through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(B) brought back from the dead(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(D)

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23 I will establish one (A)shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—(B)My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.

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23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(A) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(B)

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(A)Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the [a]temple; and (B)the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s (C)glory.

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  1. Ezekiel 10:4 Lit. house

Then the glory of the Lord(A) rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the Lord.

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11 Then he (A)remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who (B)brought them up out of the sea
With the [a]shepherd of His flock?
(C)Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,

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  1. Isaiah 63:11 MT, Vg. shepherds

11 Then his people recalled[a] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(A)
    with the shepherd of his flock?(B)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit(C) among them,

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  1. Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall

The Gentiles Bless Zion

60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,(A) shine, for your light(B) has come,
    and the glory(C) of the Lord rises upon you.

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