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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph.

80 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock,
    you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!
    Come to save us!
Turn us again, God.
    Cause your face to shine,
    and we will be saved.

Yahweh God of Armies,
    how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears,
    and given them tears to drink in large measure.
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors.
    Our enemies laugh among themselves.
Turn us again, God of Armies.
    Cause your face to shine,
    and we will be saved.

You brought a vine out of Egypt.
    You drove out the nations, and planted it.
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, Yahweh God of Armies.
    Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

For the Director of Music: According to “The Lilies”. A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.

A Prayer for Jerusalem

80 Shepherd of Israel, listen!
    The one who leads Joseph like a flock,
the one enthroned on the cherubim,
    display your glory.[a]

Reveal[b] your power before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
    then come to our rescue.

God, restore us,
    show your favor[c] and deliver us.

Lord God of the Heavenly Armies,
    when will your smoldering anger[d]
        toward your people’s prayers cease?[e]
You fed them tears as their food,
    and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
You have set us at strife against our neighbors
    and our enemies deride us.

God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us
    and show your favor,[f]
        so we may be delivered.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt,
    and drove out nations to transplant it.
You cleared the ground[g] so that its roots grew
    and filled the land.
10 Mountains were covered by its shadows,
    and the mighty cedars by its branches.
11 Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean[h] Sea
    and its shoots to the Euphrates[i] River.
12 Why did you break down its walls
    so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?[j]
13 Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it,
    and creatures of the field feed on it.

14 God of the Heavenly Armies, return!
    Look down from heaven and see.
        Show care[k] toward this vine.
15 The root[l] that your right hand planted,
    the shoot[m] that you tended for yourself,
16 was burned with fire, cut off,
    and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

17 May you support the man at your right hand;
    the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you.
    Restore us, so we can call upon your name.

19 God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor.[n]
    Then we’ll be delivered.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:1 The Heb. lacks your glory
  2. Psalm 80:2 Or rouse, stir up
  3. Psalm 80:3 Lit. cause your face to shine
  4. Psalm 80:4 Lit. Until when will you burn in anger
  5. Psalm 80:4 The Heb. lacks cease
  6. Psalm 80:7 Lit. cause your face to shine
  7. Psalm 80:9 The Heb. lacks ground
  8. Psalm 80:11 The Heb. lacks Mediterranean
  9. Psalm 80:11 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
  10. Psalm 80:12 Heb. lacks its fruits
  11. Psalm 80:14 Lit. Visit
  12. Psalm 80:15 Or stock
  13. Psalm 80:15 Lit. son
  14. Psalm 80:19 Lit. face