Psalms 80 — DBY

To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

80Verse 1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
^{Verse 2}Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
^{Verse 3}O^°God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
^{Verse 4}Jehovah,^°God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
^{Verse 5}Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
^{Verse 6}Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
^{Verse 7}Restore us, O^°God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
^{Verse 8}Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
^{Verse 9}Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
^{Verse 10}The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of^*God;
^{Verse 11}It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
^{Verse 12}Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
^{Verse 13}The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
^{Verse 14}O^°God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
^{Verse 15}Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
^{Verse 16}It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
^{Verse 17}Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
^{Verse 18}So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
^{Verse 19}Restore us, O Jehovah,^°God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.