Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
For the music director; set to [a]El Shoshannim; [b]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
80 Listen, (A)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (D)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, (E)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
3 God, (F)restore us
And (G)make Your face shine upon us, [c]and we will be saved.
4 (H)Lord God of armies,
(I)How long will You [d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in [e]large measure.
6 You make us [f]an object of contention (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, [g]and we will be saved.
8 You removed a (L)vine from Egypt;
You (M)drove out the [h]nations and (N)planted it.
9 You (O)cleared the ground before it,
And it (P)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [i]the cedars of God with its (Q)branches.
11 It was sending out its branches (R)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why have You (S)broken down its [j]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (T)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 God of armies, do (U)turn back;
(V)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 The [k](W)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the [l]son whom You have [m]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (X)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the (Y)rebuke of Your face.
17 Let (Z)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (AA)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not (AB)turn back from You;
(AC)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Lord God of armies, (AD)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, [n]and we will be saved.
9 Rise up, you (A)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(B)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(C)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(D)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(E)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (F)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (G)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (H)jubilant city.
14 For (I)the palace has been neglected, the [a]populated (J)city abandoned.
[b]Hill and watch-tower have become (K)caves forever,
A delight for (L)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (M)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (N)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then (O)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
17 And the (P)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (Q)quietness and [c]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (R)peaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed (S)resting places;
19 And it will (T)hail when the (U)forest comes down,
And (V)the city will be utterly laid low.
20 How (W)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [d]let the ox and the donkey out freely.
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