Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
O God, Restore Us
For the choir director. [a]El Shoshannim. [b]Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
80 O (A)Shepherd of Israel, give ear,
You who guide (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (D)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, (E)stir up Your might
And come to save us!
3 O God, (F)restore us
And (G)cause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved.
4 O (H)Yahweh God of hosts,
(I)How long will You [c]smolder against the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in [d]large measure.
6 You set us as [e]an object of strife (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies mock us among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
8 You removed a (L)vine from Egypt;
You (M)drove out the [f]nations and then You (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 [g]the cedars of God with its (Q)boughs.
11 It sent out its branches (R)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You (S)broken down its [h]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (T)devours it
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 O God of hosts, (U)return now, we beseech You;
(V)Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,
15 Even the [i](W)sapling which Your right hand has planted,
And on the [j]son whom You have [k]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (X)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at 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 shall not (AB)turn back from You;
(AC)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O Yahweh God of hosts, (AD)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
9 Rise up, you (A)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(B)Give ear to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will quake, O complacent daughters;
(C)For the grape harvest is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(D)Quake, you complacent daughters;
(E)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (F)Beat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (G)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,
Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the (H)exultant city.
14 Because (I)the palace has been abandoned, the [a]populated (J)city forsaken.
[b]Hill and watchtower have become (K)caves forever,
A joy 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)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.
16 Then (O)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.
17 And the (P)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (Q)quietness and security forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (R)peaceful abode,
And 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 [c]let out freely the ox and the donkey.
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