Psalms 80 — FBV

For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. To the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”

80Verse 1Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out
^{Verse 2}in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!
^{Verse 3}God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
^{Verse 4}Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?
^{Verse 5}You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl⁺of tears to drink.
^{Verse 6}You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.
^{Verse 7}God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!
^{Verse 8}You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
^{Verse 9}You prepared the ground for the vine. It took root and filled the land.
^{Verse 10}The mountains were covered by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.
^{Verse 11}It sent its branches as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots as far east as the Euphrates River.
^{Verse 12}So why have you broken down the walls that protect it⁺so that everyone who passes by can steal its fruit?
^{Verse 13}Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
^{Verse 14}God Almighty, please return to us! Look down from heaven and see what's happening to us! Come and care for this vine
^{Verse 15}that you planted yourself, this son that you brought up yourself.
^{Verse 16}We, your vine, have been chopped down and burned. May those who did this⁺die when you glare at them.
^{Verse 17}Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
^{Verse 18}Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us so we can pray to you.^{+
Verse 19}Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.