Psalms 80

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to ▼

▼Possibly, to the Lilies

El Shoshannim; ▼

▼Lit A testimony

Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

1 Listen, ^cShepherd of Israel,
Who leads ^dJoseph like a flock;
You who ^eare enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before ^fEphraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, ^gawaken Your power,
And come to save us!
3 God, ^hrestore us
And ⁱmake Your face shine upon us, ▼

▼Or that we may

and we will be saved.

4 ^k Lord God of armies,
^lHow long will You ▼

▼Lit smoke against

be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the ⁿbread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in ▼

▼Lit a third part of a

large measure.
6 You make us ▼

▼Lit strife to

an object of contention ^qto our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, ▼

▼Or that we may

and we will be saved.

8 You removed a ^svine from Egypt;
You ^tdrove out the ▼

▼Or Gentiles

nations and ^vplanted it.
9 You ^wcleared the ground before it,
And it ^xtook deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ▼

▼Or its boughs are like the cedars of God

the cedars of God with its ^zbranches.
11 It was sending out its branches ^aato the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why have You ^abbroken down its ▼

▼Or walls, fences

hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest ^adeats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

14 God of armies, do ^aeturn back;
^afLook down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 The ▼

▼Or root

, ^ahshoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the ▼

▼Or figuratively: branch

son whom You have ▼

▼Or secured

strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is ^akburned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the ^alrebuke of Your face.
17 Let ^amYour hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^anmade strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not ^aoturn back from You;
^apRevive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Lord God of armies, ^aqrestore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, ▼

▼Or that we may

and we will be saved.