Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Restore Us, Revive Us
Psalm 80
1 For the music director, on “Lilies,”[a] a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
2 Give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cheruvim, shine forth!
8 Elohei-Tzva’ot, restore us, and make Your face shine,
and we will be saved.
9 You pulled out a vine from Egypt.
You drove out nations and planted it.
10 You cleared a place for it,
and it took deep root and filled the land.
11 The mountains were covered by its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
12 It sent out its branches to the sea,
and its shoots to the river.
13 Why have You broken down its fences,
so all who pass by the way pick its fruit?
14 A boar from the forest ravages it,
whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
15 Elohei-Tzva’ot, please return!
Look down from heaven and see!
Now take care of this vine—
16 the shoot Your right hand planted—
the son You strengthened for Yourself.
17 It is burned with fire, it is cut down.
They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
18 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand—
the son of man
You made strong for Yourself.
19 Then we will not turn away from You.
Revive us, and we will call on Your Name.
5 Come house of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of Adonai.
6 For You have forsaken Your people,
the house of Jacob.
For they are filled with soothsayers from the east,
and they have clapped hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold,
nor is there any limit to their treasures.
Their land also is full of horses,
nor is there any limit to their chariots.
8 Their land also is full of idols.
They worship the work of their hands,
what their own fingers have made.
9 So humanity bows down
as each one lowers himself.
Pardon them not!
10 Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust,
for fear of Adonai,
and the glory of His majesty.
Lofty Ones Brought Low
11 The man of haughty eyes is humbled,
the lofty ones brought low,
for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
26 For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God. [a] 28 Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. [b] 29 How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “Adonai will judge His people.” [c] 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.