God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the choir director; set to [a]El Shoshannim; [b]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

80 Oh, give ear, (A)Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
Before (D)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, (E)stir up Your power
And come to save us!
O God, (F)restore us
And (G)cause Your face to shine upon us, [c]and we will be saved.

O (H)Lord God of hosts,
(I)How long will You [d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in [e]large measure.
You make us [f]an object of contention (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, [g]and we will be saved.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 Possibly, to the Lilies
  2. Psalm 80:1 Lit A testimony
  3. Psalm 80:3 Or that we may
  4. Psalm 80:4 Lit smoke against
  5. Psalm 80:5 Lit a third part of a
  6. Psalm 80:6 Lit a strife to
  7. Psalm 80:7 Or that we may

17 Let (A)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (B)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we shall not (C)turn back from You;
(D)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O Lord God of hosts, (E)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, [a]and we will be saved.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:19 Or that we may